port install : in need of a progressbar

[pc@…]

Installing bigger Distributions, like texlive_texmf-full (>125MB), I was wondering if everything is allright after some minutes of nothingness. I know that other *nix-packet-managers have a progressbar (some dots or whatever) so that the user is able to track the progress, at least having an idea if everything is allright.

Since now I know I just have to wait, everything is fine for me. Thinking of other users - they would sometimes appreciate to have a progressbar when installing using port, I suppose. Thinking of gentoo-users sitting next to me, I would appreciate that anyway ;)

[pc@…]

Cc Me!

[raimue@…]

See also #15167.

[milosh@…]

As a pis-aller, you can use the -d option. You will have curl's progressbar while fetching and lots of output while building reassuring you that things are moving.

Note: for texlive_texmf-full, the long phases should be feching and activating (macports is quite slow at activating thousands of files).

[pc@…]

Thx milosh, of course a good idea :)

[p.ixiemotion@…]

Cc Me!

[gguthe@…]

cc me too please