Re: Errors during setup post-install scripts

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, David A. Cobb wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> >On 16 Oct 2002, Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:11, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >>
> >>>David A. Cobb wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Would it be a big deal to have the various setup scripts send their
> >>>>output to, say, /var/log/setup/SCRIPTNAME.log?
> >>>>
> >>>Probably not, but someone has to actually do it.
> >>>
> >>It's been discussed in the cygwin-apps list, at length.
> >
> >I'm looking into a simple-minded way to do this, and this raised at least
> >one question: do we actually need the output of the post-install scripts
> >flashing in front of our eyes?
> >
> IMO, no - the screen displays generally flash past too fast to be read
> anyway.  Just log it!
>
> >If not, I can just redirect it to a file,
> >say, /var/log/setup.log.postinstall (there's probably no need for a
> >separate file per script).
> >
> Well, it needs to be fairly simple to tell which script failed - if any.
>
> >If we actually want the console windows, it'll take some more doing,
> >probably a separate console tee-like application.
> >	Igor

I was planning to bracket the script output with 'Running <scriptname>'
and 'Done <scriptname>'.  This should be enough...  Now, if only I could
get setup to build... :-(
	Igor
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