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On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 21:42, Eldad Zack wrote: |
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> Hey Guys, |
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> I've got an idea to implement package notices, as opposed to |
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> outputing these important messages to stdout using e{info,warn,error}. |
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> The idea is VERY simple: write the message to a file (say, |
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> /var/portage/notices/{P}) and have a utility to read and delete these |
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> messages. Maybe even build this functionality into etc-config. |
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> (Maybe mail these messages to a configured address?) |
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> For ease-of-use I propose adding a simple wrapper command ("enotice" or |
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> "notice") that would take care of writing into the correct file. |
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> Comments? Ideas? |
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another idea: simply hand them over to syslog. This way they get mailed |
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to the admin and are there for later reference. |
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Christian Gut <cycloon@×××××××.org> |
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