inspect build output (log, logfile), screen hook

Loïc Minier lool at dooz.org
Tue May 4 17:42:53 UTC 2010


On Tue, May 04, 2010, Thomas Koch wrote:
> I'm using the C11screen hook to inspect build failures. However, when screen 
> starts, the output of the build is not available anymore but hidden by screen.
> Is there any logfile inside the pbuilder chroot, which contains the output?
> Could I somehow switch back to the output and back into screen? Detaching 
> screen doesn't work, because pbuilder then continues with the shutdown.
> 
> Or could the build already start in a screen session? In this case, pbuilder 
> would just need to give me a "Hit enter when ready" and I could open another 
> screen window meanwhile.

 You could start screen yourself before launching pbuilder, or you could
 configure screen to use your xterm backlog; I think I had this in a
 previous .screenrc, but I cant get it to work anymore.

-- 
Loïc Minier



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