On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:10:34PM -0300, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote: > On 2013-09-23 12:54, Marc Espie wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:25:57AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > > * Marc Espie <[email protected]> [2013-09-23 12:22:47 +0200]: > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:32:20AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > > > > To update packages: pkg_add -iu (-i is for interaction to selection > flavors of pkg's and -u is for update). Must be run with privileges, i.e. sudo > or root user. > > > > > > > > You don't need -i in most cases these days, pkg_tools default to > interactive > > > > if run on a terminal now. > > > > > > > > (-I can be used to revert to non-interactive mode) > > > > > > > > > > Cheers Marc, I wasn't aware of that. Just a habit I got into ages ago. > > > > Yeah, it's something I look at in usage patterns. > > > > Lots of people don't follow the tools development too closely, > > and so they keep using options which are no longer needed. > > > > Then they teach those to other people, thus ensuring that > > people keep thinking things are more complicated than > > they are... > > > > I'd really like a solution that didn't involve me having > > to rectify things again and again, but it's better than nothing :) > > > > How about a warning or notice when the user explicitly states "-i" saying > "this is already the default and deprecated" if it's run from a tty?
No, that's clearly overkill... tools are supposed to get out of the way, not chant in your face "hey, look at my huge penis".
