Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] idea on updates
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:18:05
Message-Id: 48B72453.4040204@genestate.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] idea on updates by Joshua D Doll
1 Joshua D Doll wrote:
2 > Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:22:00 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
4 >>
5 >>
6 >>> Why, could the dev add an option that parses out all of those
7 >>> pesky admin things into either a singular log file? Or better
8 >>> yet, a gui popup that lists just those instructions for each
9 >>> package. Then a lazy admin could go through them, take whatever
10 >>> action necessary, and then just kill the pop-up.
11 >>>
12 >>
13 >> Do you mean like the elog system that can write this information to a
14 >> separate log file, email it to you, pass it to a command or any
15 >> combination of these? There are also elog viewers in portage, although I
16 >> have no experience of these, I use my mailer to read these messages.
17 >>
18 >>
19 >>
20 > I concur elog is great. I have it e-mail me a single file after I've run
21 > updates or installed anything. It's stupid simple to setup too.
22
23 Sounds like a really useful tool, but I can't see where to get it.
24
25 According to eix, the only elog tools are direct viewers. I'd really
26 like one that can email me, where can I find it?
27
28 Thanks
29
30 Matt

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Re: [gentoo-user] idea on updates Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>