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