Bug 614192

Summary:	[FR] Define a shell variable with build.log path when emerge failed
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Ural <uralzima>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Ural 2017-03-29 09:11:11 UTC

Hello. When emerge fails, it is hard to type 'less /var/tmp/portage/cat/packages/temp/build.log', when you don't use X. 
When emerge fails to single package, please define a shell env variable blog=/path/to/log, so after emerge I can type 'less $blog' and read logs. Thanks

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester

2017-03-29 09:27:36 UTC

It is not possible to set environment variables in spawning shell from a subprocess. You can use tab-completion to get the path typed easier though.