On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 10:17:50 -0700 Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 07/01/2016 09:42 AM, Duncan wrote: > > Zac Medico posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:35:26 -0700 as excerpted: > > > >>> But if you genuinely think this is a good idea, and someone else > >>> on the team does too, I won't oppose it. We should make sure that > >>> we strongly discourage its usage for regular users. Perhaps your > >>> suggested manpage addition already does -- I don't know. > >> > >> Yeah, I think the warning message that I've put in the man patch is > >> pretty good: > >> > >>> This option is intended to be used only with great caution, > >>> since it is possible for it to make nonsensical configuration > >>> changes which may lead to system breakage. Therefore, it is > >>> advisable to use ---ask together with this option. > > > > Perhaps rename the option so it makes perfectly clear the possible > > consequences? Something like --autounmask-breakme, or > > --auto-breakme ? > > My experience with my wrapper script that gives similar behavior is > that it practically always "just works". It's fabulous for continuous > integration (aka tinderbox) settings. However, as with self-driving > cars, it deserves caution. > > > Or alternatively, if there are other arguably dangerous options now > > or possible in the future, put them all under another option, > > --breakme, such that if that option isn't there, the otherwise > > dangerous options only print a warning and die. > > > > Then people can read the manpage if they really want to know what > > it does, but people who haven't, aren't as likely to blunder into > > it due to the stereotypical "rm -rf .*" type advice. > > It's simply not as risky as you're making it out to be. If it's a > production system, use --ask. Honestly, people who can't be exposed to > options like this should not have root access. yeah, the development work I've been doing for work has me making a bunch of new ebuilds for pkgs not yet in the tree. This feature would make it easier for sure. I also like the idea of this feature. I don't think there will be many users killing their system by overusing it or adding it to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS. -- Brian Dolbec <dolsen>
