On a slow connection, those repo syncs can take quite a while, and on a slow computer, dependency calculations can also take quite a while. There have been many times when I have been faced with both. Actually, even on a fast computer, dependency calculations can take quite a while when there's a full system upgrade on a system that hasn't been upgraded in a while. My patch is ready and will follow this email.
On 2015-11-14 19:56, Allan McRae wrote: > On 15/11/15 10:41, Eric Toombs wrote: >> Fair enough, Allan. I'll get on that when I have the time. >> >> On 2015-10-17 09:22, Allan McRae wrote: >>> On 16/10/15 14:26, Eric Toombs wrote: >>>> (copied from here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41188 The attachment >>>> is there too. I made it a while ago, so that's why I called 4.1.2 current.) >>>> >>>> I have implemented a boolean option '--bell' that when enabled, causes >>>> pacman to ring the terminal bell when there is user input required. I >>>> find this tremendously helpful when there are long delays between user >>>> input and I am busy doing other things at the same time. Let me know >>>> what you think. >>>> >>>> The patch is attached. It applies to the src/pacman folder of the >>>> current (4.1.2) release. >>>> >>> It is not a feature that I would ever use, but I'll have no objections >>> if it is submitted with documentation update (man page). >>> > > As an added question... when is there long delays to user input? > User input generally happens right after the repos are downloaded, which > should not be a long delay. > > A
