I wrote the script referenced in the above url because I was running a long string of commands including date and time every time I emerged a program,and wanted a simpler way to log my installs. So I whipped this up, it is by no means an advanced script, but it gets the job done, and maybe some developer can take a look at it, and make something out of it. The gist of the script is that you envoke it by placing it somewhere in your path (or by ./lec anywhere) and you use it instead of the standard emerge script, it does create massive logfiles, but they are really excellent for debugging any compile errors that happen while you're asleep and X is compiling, or if you want to have a handy way of remembering how long it took program foo to compile. I also use it as an easy way to quickly see what I've already installed, even though there are utilities to do that already, this is perhaps just another way to do so. Any feedback on my script would be welcome, I've been using it for my entire install, fixing up various portions of it, and am quite pleased with its execution, and low (?) overhead. On a side note, could someone out there perhaps include "top" on the 1.4 boot CD? I really would have liked to have been able to run it while I was bootstrapping. Another thing about my script, if a newbie uses it, it ensures that there will be evidence of what they did wrong when they come up asking for help, just ask them to send you their /logs/foobar.emerge file. That's all for now, and I'll apologize in advance for my slow server,luckily the script is small, and shouldn't take any time at all. If it for some reason doesn't work (some people can't resolve it) then try: http://12.224.215.99/misc/lec However my IP might (unlikely) change, so I'd suggest trying the domain first.
It has come to my attention that /logs is a poor implementation for storing the log files. Is there a Gentoo specific place one could store logfiles? This ought to be something universal to Gentoo, not in the /tmp dir (gets cleaned out too often). I think perhaps /var/log/gentoo would be acceptible, or even /usr/log. However, I wasn't aware changing the root of the fs was unacceptible, I know it isn't supposed to be cluttered, but a /log directory seems to me to be a logical extension of the OS. If anyone could give me a suggestion as to where the logfiles for a Gentoo system's emerges could be stored I will make the necessary changes, also note that I have posted a message regarding my script in the forums here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=10594 Thank-you again for considering my script, suggesting fixes for it, and reviewing my other suggested additions (i.e. top on the installer, and "time" in the base system).
i would say use /tmp since that is where portage dumps log files currently ... also, unless i'm wrong, since the logs you make arent really needed to be kept around for a long time so /tmp is ok
This bug is quite old and the tool doesn't seem to be updated. Also we now have PORT_LOGDIR to log stuff and try to implement new tools in python instead of bash, so I close this bug.
