On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > On Monday 11 May 2009 15:21:24 Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> But, I very often wish there was a convenient way to see some of those >> messages and especially messages about things one has to do during >> the install, such as manually installing something or getting some >> license thing handled, before I start the port install. >> >> Sometimes I get a question in the middle of an install that I do not >> know how to answer and it is an awfully inconvenient time to have >> to start scrounging for information. Having a commannd that >> would display all those things and maybe some related information >> or pointers to information for making an intelligent response - before >> starting the make - would be very helpful. > > Do you have specific examples? Cause I can't think of anything that falls > under your description.
Perhaps he is talking about the 'make options' output, such as what is displayed right before x11-wm/fluxbox begins to build. That is the only type of output I can ever remember seeing before a build begins. -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
