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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in?
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:47:58
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWjnbLcL6YyHC0x-Uy0NvZAfD+hHKP0HqYuoRdAEkgq+A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Which log file do all the emerge messages get saved in? by James
1 On Dec 23, 2011 11:41 PM, "James" <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:
4 >
5 > > > > The messages which stream by during an emerge, in particular the
6 > > > > warnings etc. which are repeated at the end of a single emerge
7 > > > > operation. They're accumulated in a log file somewhere, aren't
8 they?
9 >
10 > > > /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log
11 >
12 > If you want a finer granularity of control, just set it up
13 > in /etc/make.conf
14 >
15 > Here's an example I use on one system:
16 >
17 > ## LOGGING Control of Ebuilds
18 > PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/elog/"
19 > PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info log error"
20 > PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"
21 >
22 > Lots of ways to customize the logging of what you emerge.
23 > hth,
24 > James
25 >
26 >
27
28 ... and emerge elogv. Makes reading portage info/warns/errors easier thanks
29 to its colorful ncurses interface :-)
30
31 Rgds,