On Friday 26 August 2005 00:48, Holly Bostick wrote:
> John Dangler schreef:
> > I just did an emerge –uDv world…
> >
> >
> >
> > during the course of the 22 packages (a lot considering I just
> > loaded this last night), I got some messages saying “please make
> > sure you run … (I couldn’t read it all since it went by so fast)… I
> > got a couple of these before it was over. Is there a way to view
> > that output after the fact? I didn’t see it in either dmesg or any
> > of the /var/log files…
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the input.
>
> Idea #1: if you know the name of the file or files that had an einfo
> message (if you don't know the names, try looking at the end
> /var/log/emerge.log to see the packages most recently emerged), just
> open the ebuild in a text editor and read it at your leisure.
>
> Idea #2: In whatever console you use, change the size of the
> scrollback buffer to something that seems ridiculously high (my
> buffer is 30000 lines). For most emerges -- even in groups of 20 or
> more-- this should be enough to allow you to scroll back and read any
> einfo messages that you may have noticed. This won't so much work for
> emerges that are themselves more than 30000 lines (for instance, if I
> emerge gcc and then glibc, I won't be able to scroll back and see any
> messages I missed in the gcc emerge once the glibc emerge is an hour
> or so in, but usually it's good enough).
>
> Idea #3: there is a way (and possibly more than one) to tail out the
> einfo messages, either to a file, or to the console, but
> unfortunately I don't remember what they are atm.... Oh, wait,
> they're listed on the Wiki:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Portage_utilities_not_in_portage
>
> I think what you might want is portlog-info, which is in the
> Informational Utilities section.
>
There is a little gadget called 'enotice that I use but I';m b*****d if
I can remember where I got it from, perhaps the above URL.
Just had a look in /usr/sbin/enotice its python script by a guy called
Eldad Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HTH
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