Re: Package post-install scripts ?

[Bernd Ahlers <bernd_(_at_)_ba-net_(_dot_)_org>]

Keith Matthews [Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:13:27PM +0100] wrote:
>> You have an issue with the way you do stuff. If you install enough
>> packages to have these scroll by and get lost, then use tools to store
>> the output, like script and friends... I'm at a loss, I *never* had to
>> deal with this issue, I always have something like the scrollbar of my
>> xterm to get back to the messages...  And the --- pkgname line is
>> there to tell you what's what.
>> 
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>We don't all install X on hosts that are simply intended to be servers. 
>
>What's more I regularly have to do package installs to remote hosts
>accessed over a DSL line - and if you've never tried using X under such
>circumstances then my advice is _don't bother_ -- the performance sucks
>something rotten.
>
I think Marc is speaking of using the xterm of your workstation and 
login to your server via ssh. ;)

Bernd