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On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 16:35:58 -0500,
Grant Taylor wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is the "Messages for package ..." output from emerge logged somewhere?
>
> I'd like to re-read the "Messages for package ..." output from
> emerge after the fact. Is there a concise collection of that
> somewhere? Or do I have to pilfer through logs of each and every
> package to find it?
>
> I'm hoping that the "Messages for package ..." output that shows
> up at the end of an emerge (e.g. @system or @world) is
> conveniently available.
>
>

If you have save_summary (check spelling) in your make.conf then they
are in /var/log/portage/elog/summary.txt .

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On 2021-02-28 14:35-0700 Grant Taylor
<gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is the "Messages for package ..." output from emerge logged somewhere?
>
> I'd like to re-read the "Messages for package ..." output from emerge
> after the fact. Is there a concise collection of that somewhere? Or
> do I have to pilfer through logs of each and every package to find it?
>
> I'm hoping that the "Messages for package ..." output that shows up
> at the end of an emerge (e.g. @system or @world) is conveniently
> available.

I'm not sure if the logs are stored by default, but if you set
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" in make.conf, portage saves one log per
package in $PORTAGE_LOGDIR/elog. You can also have portage mail them to
you. See /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for details.

There are also tools available to view these logs more comfortably:
app-portage/elogv and app-portage/elogviewer.

Kind regards, tastytea

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