freebsd stable - Aug 2006 - final message in buildworld as there is in buildkernel

hello,

i've been wondering why there is no "footer" in buildworld while
there's
one at the end of buildkernel, eg:

--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Kernel build for MB-AW1N completed on Sat Aug  5 12:56:54 CEST 2006
--------------------------------------------------------------

thus it's easy for anyone to see whether the process finished
successfully or not.

could developers consider it and add it to the build process please ?

many thanks!

regards,

martin

martinko wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i've been wondering why there is no "footer" in buildworld
while there's
> one at the end of buildkernel, eg:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Kernel build for MB-AW1N completed on Sat Aug  5 12:56:54 CEST
2006
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> thus it's easy for anyone to see whether the process finished
> successfully or not.
> 
> could developers consider it and add it to the build process please ?
> 
I remember people searching for the problem for days,
why the buildworld suddenly stopped. All the while not recognizing that it
was simply done. Definitely a good notion.

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:05:02 +0200
martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i've been wondering why there is no "footer" in buildworld
while
> there's one at the end of buildkernel, eg:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Kernel build for MB-AW1N completed on Sat Aug  5 12:56:54 CEST
> >>> 2006
> --------------------------------------------------------------
Perhaps because it is quite easy to make one for yourself?

make <whatever> buildworld;echo "Buildworld is finished now!"

How to make a multi-line footer is left as an exercise :-)
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway

martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> wrote:
 > i've been wondering why there is no "footer" in buildworld

Because it's not necessary.  When you see your shell prompt
again, you know that it's finished.  And if there's no error
message or exit code != 0, ithas finished successfully.

Also, historically the sendmail build is always the last
part of buildworld (and installworld), so it's easy to
recognize.

Best regards
   Oliver

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