RFE: printing out the output of the configure while configure is running

[erickt@…]

Right now, I believe DP does not print out the results of the configure until the configure finishes (with any amount of verbosity). When building code however, the results are written out as they come out of the compiler. Could something be changed so that the configure output is printed as soon as it is available? Thanks!

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[olegb@…]

This is not true ... port -d configure show the configuration process, as it runs.

[erickt@…]

Portfile exhibiting this problem

[erickt@…]

Hi Ole,

I've got a Portfile I've appended that has this bad behavior. (Note this portfile is not yet ready for installation yet). It waits until the configure is done before it prints out the info. I've just attached it so the problem can be seen. Just put it somewhere temporary, in a "python/py-pyqt3" directory, and run "port -d configure py-pyqt3". You'll see it appear to hang on the configure step for about 2+ minutes, but eventually it finishes, and dumps out all the output. However, if you manually run the configure, you'll see that right off the start it is printing info.

[mww@…]

will putting a shell-script with that exact command in $filespath and executing that fix your problem?

[rhwood@…]

Make the list of bugs easier to scan.

[markd@…]

I see configure output with this portfile. Have you seen this problem with recent versions of DP/MacPorts?