On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:13:27PM +0100, Keith Matthews wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:59:11 +0200 > Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You have an issue with the way you do stuff. If you install enough > > packages to have these scroll by and get lost, then use tools to store > > the output, like script and friends... I'm at a loss, I *never* had to > > deal with this issue, I always have something like the scrollbar of my > > xterm to get back to the messages... And the --- pkgname line is > > there to tell you what's what. > > > > > We don't all install X on hosts that are simply intended to be servers. > > What's more I regularly have to do package installs to remote hosts > accessed over a DSL line - and if you've never tried using X under such > circumstances then my advice is _don't bother_ -- the performance sucks > something rotten.
Oh, you should try dxpc then. It's *not* rotten. I've used X over a modem in the past (yes, the 56K thingy), and it was *usable*. As far as building for ports go (which wasn't clear, and I missed it), we've got mechanisms like portslogger to extract and sort the useful information. It's easy to use.... everyone does. Sorting through a script(1) output is rather simple.
