[pacman-dev] Display messages from install scripts after all packages have been installed

[Jashandeep Sohi]

Yes, I'm aware I could scroll back, look at the log or pipe the output
to a temp file for later analysis, but this feels like a unnecessary
extra step to perform after each update considering these messages are
rare and I'd expect nothing out-of-the-ordinary most of the time.

But if this has been asked before, there is little point in rehashing
old arguments. Could you point me towards the discussion so I can
understand why it was rejected?

Thanks,
Jashandeep

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 23/12/15 16:14, Jashandeep Sohi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sure this question/request must have been asked before, however I
>> wasn't able to find anything by searching for it. Apologies in advance
>> if this is the wrong place to post.
>>
>> Install scripts bundled with packages sometimes print *important*
>> changes/warnings when a package is installed or upgraded. These
>> warnings are clearly visible when installing a single package, but
>> tend to get lost when installing lots of packages because the install
>> script hooks run right after each package is installed.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is someway to delay the printing of these
>> messages/warnings until all packages have been installed.
>> Could/should a new hook be added that could run after all packages
>> have been installed?
>> Does anyone besides me even care?
>>
>
> It has been asked before but rejected.  All scriptlet output is recorded
> in the pacman log if you can not scroll back to it.
>
> A