On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 11:00:51 -0500
"Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@mac.com> wrote:

> Perhaps it would be wise to either move the "files should be created 
> in /etc/rc.d" notices to MESSAGE, or make them otherwise available 
> post-install. Many packages are installed as dependencies of other 
> packages. In these cases, the SOP for everyone I know is to type 
> "make install" and walk away while stuff scrolls seemingly forever. 
> Any messages that may have been shown upon installation of [any but 
> the final] package are long gone out of the scroll buffer by the time 
> the user returns. Using "script" is an option, but that means 
> tediously looking through tons of junk ;-).

IIRC there is a PR adding a feature to capture such messages and send
them through mail to the administrator, so they don't get lost...
Try to search for it.

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/