Pause pkg install messages

[Paul Keusemann]

On 05/24/18 03:08, Johannes Lundberg wrote:
> Hi
>
> The first thing me and probably many other do after install is
> pkg install xxx yyy zzz
> from console (meaning no scrollback buffer).
>
> With xorg and friends this means hundreds of packets. After install all the
> pkg messages are display and most of sometimes very valuable information is
> just scrolled away.
>
> Is there an easy way to fix* this by piping the output through less or
> something to pause for each screen so that the messages just aren't
> scrolled away?
>
> In addition to that it would be nice (if it's not already done) to store
> this information in a log file somewhere so that one can revisit and see
> what needs to be manually configured for each installed package.
>
> *by fix I mean something that does not put the burden on the user.

I use screen to record the console session.


>
> Cheers
>
> /Johannes
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