From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DyYQV-0002Va-UJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:13:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6THBaOe009664; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:11:36 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6TH4c72027843 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:04:38 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j6TH5JTp025014 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:05:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j6TH5IFZ004381 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:05:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 85574440162; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:05:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:05:18 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge messages. Message-ID: <20050729170518.GB19796@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <42EA549E.8070804@gazeta.pl> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42EA549E.8070804@gazeta.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: cd523039-e769-423b-b44d-6eb682de2d7f X-Archives-Hash: 65204b96474e6daba0f6b3a8ec748bac On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 06:09:02PM +0200, Rhywek wrote: > Hi, * > > Did you ever wonder how to see the emerge messages after emerge has > completed its tasks? During emerge/update of most packages there are > some messages displayed that should not be missed. But sitting in front > of the console for 40 hours (well, usually less) is not a nice solution. > > My question is: is portage saving those messages somewhere? I have the > feeling that I miss some important things all the time, because > sometimes I manage to read some of the messages and they seem VERY > important (e.g. additional steps one needs to take after emerging). > edit /etc/make.conf uncomment the line that reads PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage That's where all the logs will go. Just read through them at your pleasure. Often there will be multiple files created for each compile, I have a hunch that there's one for pre_inst, one for inst, and one for post_inst. Anyhow the important messages almost always show up in the last file. W > Dumping all the emerge output to file and searching for the messages > does not seem promising too... Also checking which packages were updated > and browsing theirs ebuilds is not very elegant. > > If you have some interesting solution, please share. > > Greetings, > Rhywek. > > > -- > > W?ochy i Pary? - przewodniki turystyczne do wyboru. Tylko z lipcowym numerem miesi?cznika Auto+. > > http://www.a-plus.pl > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- "Dad buried in landslide! Jubilant throngs fill streets! Stunned father inconsolable - demands recount!" -- Calvin Sortir en Pantoufles: up 4 days, 16:35 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list