On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:12:33 +0100 (CET)
Magnus Eriksson <magetoo@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> 
> Hi.
> 
>   Is there a way to turn off echoing the compiler output when building a
> package in pkgsrc?  It would be useful to be able to use the scrollback to
> actually see what as been installed after you install a "big" package,
> such as e.g. gimp.  I noticed you can set ECHO_MSG to lose the "``===>''
> style prompts", and am looking for something similar.
> 
>  (I suppose you could set ECHO_MSG to echo to a file or a fifo or
> something and get at least some record of what happened, but I'd prefer a
> real solution.)

You can do:

	$ make install 2>&1 | tee ~/log
	$ grep ' Registering installation for ' ~/log

and similar tricks.

Cheers

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