From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A4B1384C1 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 888141422E; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 526A8E07FB for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:12:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id t7VICDvp008776 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:12:13 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] a few blockers I can't figure out In-reply-to: <20150831180239.08d87215@digimed.co.uk> References: <14864.1440994748@ccs.covici.com> <55E42037.1060402@gmail.com> <32639.1441018993@ccs.covici.com> <55E43610.7000709@gmail.com> <24901.1441021764@ccs.covici.com> <55E44B22.9090806@gmail.com> <29989.1441029822@ccs.covici.com> <55E46A64.5030701@gmail.com> <5230.1441040087@ccs.covici.com> <20150831180239.08d87215@digimed.co.uk> Comments: In-reply-to Neil Bothwick message dated "Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:02:39 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <8774.1441044733.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:12:13 -0400 Message-ID: <8775.1441044733@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-t7VICD0S017845 X-Archives-Salt: 5aea32e7-7d8e-438f-bbb1-b73e7372a2f8 X-Archives-Hash: 64071ba5b27791ce7d97062eca7f7641 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:54:47 -0400, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --color=n --verbose --nospinner > > --autounmask=n --quiet-build=n" > > Get rid of the --verbose flag as a default. Part of the reason the output > from portage is so confusing is that there is so much of it, --verbose > adds even more noise. By all means use it on those occasions you need > more information, but as a default it just hides the real information > among a load of noise. OK, I will see if I get better output that way. I am sure I had a reason for doing it, maybe some recomendation, but I can't remember anymore. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com