maillog: 03/10/2005-08:56:57(-0400): Chris Gianelloni types
> On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 13:21 -0400, Dan Meltzer wrote:
> > Hi, I would just like some clarification if at all possible.
> >
> > Recently, while testing bugzilla-2.18.4 for x86 (bug # 107796) I ran
> > into some interactivity. I was under the impression that emerge was
> > supposed to be completely autonomous, and any user interaction should
> > take place in ebuild ... config.
> >
> > Apparantly one of us is {in,}correct, but I cannot find any
> > documentation although I'm fairly sure I have read it..
>
> Ebuilds *should* be non-interactive. There are a few exceptions to
> this, such as ones triggered by USE flags (ala webapp-config.eclass) and
> ones triggered by necessity (ala games from CD).Does it seem like it is time for RESTRICT=interactive. Such ebuilds would refuse to emerge if stdout is not a tty. If only there was use-flag based RESTRICT... -- () Georgi Georgiev () Harrison's Postulate: For every action, () () [EMAIL PROTECTED] () there is an equal and opposite criticism. () () +81(90)2877-8845 () ()
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