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Joe Peterson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Peter Volkov wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Seems that we already have everything you dreamed about:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=1#doc_chap4">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=1#doc_chap4</a>
Take a look at PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM. It even can send that messages by
mail :)
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This is all cool, indeed! :)
I suspect, however, that most users have never played with these
variables. I think that saving this info in the portage db or making it
more default/official in some way could be a great help. The core
problem is, I think, that many users do not know where to look when
having trouble, so they may not even realize that what they need is in
the log info.
The reason I was phrasing it more in "readme" terms is that most people
can identify with that concept, and it could be made clear that there
exists Gentoo-specific readme info that is always available (regardless
of whether a user sets up the portage logging stuff). The bare log
messages could exist as a minimal default for packages that do nothing
special to provide more readme info.
-Joe
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If you have a GUI on your system, give this a look:
app-portage/elogviewer That should help you a lot. I been using it
for a good while and it works pretty well. I do wish it had little
flags in the list of packages that have been installed. Sort of a
short and sweet notice there is something there without actually have
to look. Maybe a red flag when there is something really serious to
know and other colors for other things.<br>
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Anyway, give that a look and see if that helps, if you have a GUI.<br>
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Dale<br>
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:-) :-) <br>
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