On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 17:24:32 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: [...] > On 2013-10-06 13:07:21 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Maybe the apt-listbugs(1) man page may be clarified further, but I am > > afraid it would become a little bit too verbose... > > I think this can be done without too verbose. [...]
What about the following change?
Do you think it clarifies?
EXIT STATUS
0 If the program ran successfully and (when in apt mode) you
decided to continue with the installation/upgrade.
1 If an error occurred.
10 If the program ran successfully in apt mode, but you decided to
abort the installation/upgrade.
130 If a SIGINT was received (for instance because you pressed
[Ctrl+C]).
N.B.: When the program is invoked by APT, any non-zero exit status will
cause the installation/upgrade to be aborted.
>
> BTW, above in the man page:
>
> · -y, --force-yes Assumes that you select yes for all questions.
>
> · -n, --force-no Assumes that you select no for all questions.
> This option is assumed if stdout is not a terminal.
>
> But if the man page doesn't say which kind of question is asked (like
> "Do you want to continue?" or the opposite "Do you want to abort?"),
> this is not very helpful. Is
>
> Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages?
>
> the only question?
The questions that may be answered automatically are
"Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages?"
or
"Retry downloading bug information?" and
"Continue the installation anyway?" (in case of network errors).
Hence a possible clarification may be the following.
Please let me know what you think about it.
· -y, --force-yes Assumes that you select yes for all questions. When
in apt mode, this implies that you accept to continue with the
installation/upgrade, even when bugs are found or errors occur.
· -n, --force-no Assumes that you select no for all questions. When
in apt mode, this implies that you want to abort the
installation/upgrade, as soon as bugs are found or errors occur. This
option is assumed if stdout is not a terminal.
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