Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:37:41 -0400 From: serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca (Serge Gagnon) To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <0IZ200LU6MUTD391@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <e3to04$o4n$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> <e3tcpq$fc1$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060510190606.GH44733@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <e3to04$o4n$1@sea.gmane.org>
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>>>>> On Thu, 11 May 2006, "martinko" == martinko wrote: martinko> Fernan Aguero wrote: +> +----[ martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> (10.May.2006 16:01): | | Shaun +> Amott wrote: | > | > There is also no space for detailed descriptions +> of what knobs do inside | > the OPTIONS dialog. It is often easier to +> make the user look at the | > Makefile for a description and/or print +> out a message before installing. | > | | the problem with messages is +> imho that they are basically all the same | level and once you run make +> or portupgrade you won't usually have a | chance to read any of them. +> many times i noticed something only because | of pure luck and then +> often i had to stop the installation process so | that i could read the +> message. :( | +----] +> use script(1)? +> Fernan martinko> sure. the problem is that if you compile something bigger script martinko> output would likely be huge. big size, hard to check and look martinko> for important information. also, it happened to me a few times martinko> that i stopped installation because of a message i noticed. had martinko> i not been lucky and/or watched the screen i would have found martinko> too late, if at all. If you're talking about message that the port is saying about KNOB, try grep ECHO Makefile and if you're talking about message while the port is installing stuff, try cat pkg-message before installing this port ;-) -- GAGNON serge <serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca> PGP KEY-ID: 0xBBC1478F PGP Fingerprint: B48B 4633 28F5 28F6 7A62 5650 69C8 E293 BBC1 478F PPG Key: http://quenix2.dyndns.org:7777 | telnet quenix2.dyndns.org 7777 Cvsdadm: Tool for CVSd pserver user administration http://quenix2.dyndns.org:8080/Unix-soft/cvsdadm.html
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