Bug 2834

Summary:	logging in portage/ebuilds
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Ken Nowack <drake_stuff>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) <carpaski>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mholzer
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	3585
Bug Blocks:	2765

Description Ken Nowack 2002-05-18 17:28:41 UTC

I saw a patch http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991 to enable some basic
dependency logging for ebuilds. I was wondering if there is still an intention
to include more logging capabilities in future portage releases? Since most
users will set 'emerge -u world' as a cron job for any production server, it's
vital that portage have built in logging functions for admins. Dependencies and
messages primarily. Otherwise we won't know that we have to rebuild
/etc/skel/.mozilla after the new version is installed and where to go to track
down dependency problems after an upgrade. Thanks much. If there's anything I
can do to help just email me.

Comment 1 Bart Lauwers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-05-21 15:10:42 UTC

Not that I would recommend running emerge -u world from cron, it is really bad
and it could hose your system as it is now maybe in the future this could become
a viable something for workstations but most server admins will want to evaluate
ahead of time what they're about to install.

On the other hand if you do run something like that from cron the output should
be emailed to root or whichever user ran the cronjob, (if you have a local mail
delivery agent).

Comment 2 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-12-15 18:04:18 UTC

/var/log/emerge.log

Build output would be tremendous.

Comment 3 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-31 12:35:41 UTC

see also bug #11359

Comment 4 Owen Gunden 2003-08-31 12:42:50 UTC

<quote>Since most users will set 'emerge -u world' as a cron job for any production server</quote>

I couldn't disagree more.  Why would you ever do this?

Comment 5 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-31 13:20:15 UTC

emerge -u world in production ? never, never, never!
never touch a running system, can't figure out if it does something stupid

upgrading has to be test in really production system

Comment 6 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-01 14:24:51 UTC

Logging happens already. PORT_LOGDIR