On Tuesday 12 May 2009 21:04:57 Glen Barber wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Mel Flynn > > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > On Monday 11 May 2009 15:21:24 Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> But, I very often wish there was a convenient way to see some of those > >> messages and especially messages about things one has to do during > >> the install, such as manually installing something or getting some > >> license thing handled, before I start the port install. > >> > >> Sometimes I get a question in the middle of an install that I do not > >> know how to answer and it is an awfully inconvenient time to have > >> to start scrounging for information. Having a commannd that > >> would display all those things and maybe some related information > >> or pointers to information for making an intelligent response - before > >> starting the make - would be very helpful. > > > > Do you have specific examples? Cause I can't think of anything that falls > > under your description. > > Perhaps he is talking about the 'make options' output, such as what is > displayed right before x11-wm/fluxbox begins to build. That is the > only type of output I can ever remember seeing before a build begins.
Well, there's "would you like to activate postfix in mailer.conf [y/n]", but that never triggered me to scrounge for info and can be handled by -DBATCH and setting POSTFIX_DEFAULT_MTA in /etc/make.conf (or not setting it if you don't wanna). -- Mel _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"