I'm trying to pause the debug output from a command but it doesn't work with |less or |more, any other methods?

pike, It's probably comming out stderr. Did you redirect stderr to stdout before piping to less?

vstemen, thanks for teaching this n00b some magic :)

pike, No problem :-)

looks like I'm gonna have to recompile ffmpeg if I want the best AAC encoder libfdk_aac :(

pike: It happens. Fortunately, it's a port options so that makes it easy.

I already started using pkg's. Easy to switch or should I re-install?

That's fine. No need to do anything different.

Certainly no reason to re-install.

I'm just not sure if there's a package that has that particular option enabled.

I read somewhere that you should not mix pkg and ports?

If you'd like to continue using packages only (which is certainly recommended), it looks like you'll be wanting to hop on the Poudriere train to build your own with custom options.

pike: For the most part, yes. It is not advised. However, I do it constantly. But, I've been doing it for many, many years.

Pretty good at fixing my own issues.

I just can't put up with the 5-day compile time for things like rust and node. So, I shortcut things like that with packages. Otherwise, all ports.

this freebsd install I use to learn how to use freebsd :)

Sounds nice!

pike: What I would recommend first, is getting familiar with ZFS and snapshots. That way, if you make mistakes, you can always roll back and try again. It'll save a lot of time.

great tip :)

SNAPSHOT ALL THE THINGS