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On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:28:03PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:21:23 -0400 |
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> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Perhaps a future/in-progress EAPI could define a mechanism where an |
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> > ebuild can indicate that a particular update or set of circumstances |
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> > is a system-critical change, and that the package manager should |
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> > consequently alert the user and ensure that they have confirmed the |
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> > action. |
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> pkg_pretend can do that... |
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indeed. it works quite well too. please have a look at the attached |
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patch. it forces the user to acknowledge and verify that he has read the |
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printed message by prepending a variable to the emerge command. |
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I know it is a bit nasty, but it accomplishes our goal by making sure |
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the users read the message. |
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Alex Alexander | wired |
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+ Gentoo Linux Developer |
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