Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Need coaching with emerge failure logs (Understanting the problem)

[Miroslav Rovis]

I must not abbreviate this time...

On 170228-20:07-0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Miroslav Rovis <miro.rovis@××××××××××××××.hr> writes:
>
> > On 170226-09:42-0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> >> Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes:
> > ...
> >>
> >> > Example at the beginning:  [32;01m *
> >> > Example from the end:   *
> >> >
> >> > Output to the terminal these would show the text in different colours,
> >> > but the output was redirected to a textfile or mishandled in a
> >> > copy-paste operation (not sure if screen or tmux does this?).
> >> >
> >> > Running emerge with `--color n` would have made this log much more
> >> > readable. Its size already makes it hard to search.
> >>
> >> Yes, and I am sorry about that, its just that I could not discern what
> >> parts were important.  Still I should have posted only the last
> >> 400-500 lines.
> >>
> >> Just so you know... I did try that. [--color n] The resulting log
> >> looked exactly the same.  ...
> >
> > This is hard to believe. I just tried, and either:
> >
> > --color n
> >
> > or:
> >
> > --color=n
> >
> > added to the emerge line, worked.
> >
>
> Are you looking at the Terminal output?  If so that is not what I
> posted.
>
> I did mention that yes `--color n' kills the color in terminal output.
>
> Read the whole paragraph you quote 1 sentence from above.
>
> This is the end of that para:
>
> ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I don't expect
> anyone would have noticed the comment... but it does seem a bit off
> that I see no differernce here.  That is, no difference in the actual
> log emerge creates. I do see the difference in the terminal output."

I see now what you mean (and meant, previously)!

> But as I mentioned what I posted was not the terminal output but the
> actual log that emerge creates for you.. and points you to when a
> failure occurs.
>
> I just checked it again and I know that is what happens.  That is,
> setting `--color n' kills the color ouput at the terminal however the
> `build.log' still contains all the color sequences.
>
> I'm already viewed dimly for posting so much junk so rather than post
> samples of both ... I'll leave it for you to try yourself.

No, you're not. Because you corrected your mistake.

(Very busy... got to go.)

Regards!

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Miroslav Rovis
Zagreb, Croatia
https://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr