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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:10:19
Message-Id: 86a897brgx.fsf@reader.local.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem) by Stroller
1 Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes:
2
3 >> On 25 Feb 2017, at 14:19, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
4 >>
5 >> I've attached a hefty log of some 4000 lines and hope someone will be
6 >> patient enough to try to identify what is causing the problem.
7 >
8 > I took a look at this, but the broken colour codes throughout the log make it quite hard to read.
9 >
10 > Example at the beginning: [32;01m *
11 > Example from the end: *
12 >
13 > Output to the terminal these would show the text in different colours,
14 > but the output was redirected to a textfile or mishandled in a
15 > copy-paste operation (not sure if screen or tmux does this?).
16 >
17 > Running emerge with `--color n` would have made this log much more readable. Its size already makes it hard to search.
18
19 I guess I'll try this once more... Its still a big log but I cleaned
20 up the escapes ... it is a fresh try at building
21 xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.14
22
23 Still failing in the same way and still not seeing clues in the
24 log... probably my own fault.

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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem) Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem) Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>