Re: Logging for dselect/dpkg?

[Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>> "ES" == Ed Slocomb <eds@subpop.com> writes:

ES> Does dselect/dpkg keep a log of the individual package install
ES> script outputs?  That stuff tend to just go flying past me on the
ES> screen, and I occaisionally catch a glimpse of important
ES> installation/activation instructions.  Where can I go to find out
ES> what I'm missing?

I don't think there is such a thing. But I remember that one of the
access methods does logging (mountable IIRC).

But you could use script (from bsdutils) to catch the output.

script install.log
# do some installing
exit
less install.log

Ciao,
	Martin