On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:05:45 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:45:08 -0500 "Nathan L. Adams" | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > wrote: | > | Just keep in mind that portage is supposed to be non-interactive | > | and most users like it that way. (Although the countdown when | > | cleaning out old packages kinda breaks that idea, but I digress.) | > | > You really should give the GLEP a read. It's quite nice, you know... | > | | Your explanations hint at interacting with portage during an emerge. | Specifically you floated the idea of having emerge print a red flashy | message before doing the emerge. *That* is what I was commenting on.
Ever noticed any of the other red flashies that emerge gives? For example, if you try emerge -C glibc? Doesn't break the non-interactive requirement, it's just yet another way of shoving something in the user's face if they somehow ignore all the normal warnings. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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