[gentoo-user] Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[gentoo-user] Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Evening, all.

The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
operation.  They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't they?

I can't find this file anymore.  I've looked in /var/log,
/var/lib/portage, but find nothing.

Would some kind soul please identify this log file for me.  Thanks!

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Re: [gentoo-user] Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[Yohan Pereira]

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On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 17:48:00 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Evening, all.
> 
> The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
> warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
> operation.  They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't they?
> 
> I can't find this file anymore.  I've looked in /var/log,
> /var/lib/portage, but find nothing.
> 
> Would some kind soul please identify this log file for me.  Thanks!

/var/log/portage/elog/summary.log 

:)

-- 

- Yohan Pereira

"A man can do as he will, but not will as he will" - Schopenhauer

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Re: [gentoo-user] Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Yohan.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:38:08PM +0530, Yohan Pereira wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 17:48:00 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Evening, all.

> > The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
> > warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
> > operation.  They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't they?

> > I can't find this file anymore.  I've looked in /var/log,
> > /var/lib/portage, but find nothing.

> > Would some kind soul please identify this log file for me.  Thanks!

> /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log 

That's it!  Many thanks.

> :)

> -- 

> - Yohan Pereira

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

[gentoo-user] Re: Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[James]

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> > > The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
> > > warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
> > > operation.  They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't they?

> > /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log 

If you want a finer granularity of control, just set it up
in /etc/make.conf

Here's an example I use on one system:

## LOGGING Control of Ebuilds
PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/elog/"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info log error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

Lots of ways to customize the logging of what you emerge.
hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Dec 23, 2011 11:41 PM, "James" <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:
>
> > > > The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
> > > > warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
> > > > operation.  They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't
they?
>
> > > /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log
>
> If you want a finer granularity of control, just set it up
> in /etc/make.conf
>
> Here's an example I use on one system:
>
> ## LOGGING Control of Ebuilds
> PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/elog/"
> PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info log error"
> PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"
>
> Lots of ways to customize the logging of what you emerge.
> hth,
> James
>
>

... and emerge elogv. Makes reading portage info/warns/errors easier thanks
to its colorful ncurses interface :-)

Rgds,

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