hmm, on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 04:36:16PM -0600, Marco Peereboom said that > Speaking of the reason why pkg_add -ui is annoying. It takes hours to > update all my packages and when I get to my laptop in the morning it > sits there waiting for me to answer y. Repeat like 10 times.
i am sure there is a keyword for this with -F, but i never understood the documentation very much there, and my repeated pleas for either examples or rephrasing went unheard. > > 190 packages to go through when doing an update that last for 3 hours. > > Think about it. > > I like to know it but it is inaccurate. it's not just inaccurate, or an estimate, but as i said before, as all the packages have different sizes, different dependencies, it is a useless metric timewise. (190 to go) could mean 3h or 30m. i am _not_ saying it should go away, i am merely suggesting it could find a new home on a higher verbose level. > > If you don't like it, use -x, all the progress messages should go away. i am fine with the basic progress bar. i could also use > /dev/null to make everything go away. i'd just like a very simple, very spartan ftp-like progress bar. is there an option for that? -f -- don't eat yellow snow.
