# Provide output message during build (0.7/1.x)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/provide-output-message-during-build-0-7-1-x/16497>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/provide-output-message-during-build-0-7-1-x/16497 "2018-10-18T15:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjstickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jjstickel/32/19536_2.png) [@jjstickel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jjstickel)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/provide-output-message-during-build-0-7-1-x/16497/1 "2018-10-18T15:44:52Z")

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I’m trying to provide a warning/information message during the build of a package (via build.jl). The problem is that the output goes to build.log rather than the REPL, unless there is an error. How can I force output to the REPL?

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/provide-output-message-during-build-0-7-1-x/16497/2 "2018-10-18T16:09:02Z")

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In Julia v1.1 you can build with the verbose option ([verbose build by fredrikekre · Pull Request #809 · JuliaLang/Pkg.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/pull/809)).

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**Author:** ![jjstickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jjstickel/32/19536_2.png) [@jjstickel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jjstickel)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/provide-output-message-during-build-0-7-1-x/16497/3 "2018-10-19T22:21:41Z")

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Using verbose would be fine if I want to see messages during the build of various packages, but I want to provide a message to users who may not have used verbose. Is that possible?