final message in buildworld as there is in buildkernel

martinko martinkov at pobox.sk
Sat Sep 16 04:15:48 PDT 2006


Oliver Fromme wrote:
> martinko <martinkov at pobox.sk> wrote:
>  > i've been wondering why there is no "footer" in buildworld
> 
> Because it's not necessary.  When you see your shell prompt
> again, you know that it's finished.  And if there's no error
> message or exit code != 0, ithas finished successfully.
> 
> Also, historically the sendmail build is always the last
> part of buildworld (and installworld), so it's easy to
> recognize.
> 
> Best regards
>    Oliver
> 

well, i still think it's not clear enough.
and you don't really want users to investigate what the exit status was,
do you. (also not many know about sendmail i believe.)

anyway, we've got it with buildkernel and i can't see any reason why not
to have it with buildworld.

well, i'm not a hacker and this is not something i can decide. i just
thought it'd be a good idea and that it'd help freebsd users.

cheers,

martin



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