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On Friday 30 January 2004 11:11 pm, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos |
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> Hi all, |
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> How should one enter some input to an installation process through an |
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> ebuild? For example, at some point the bash script for program |
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> installation needs to receive a number from 1 to 4, how can we enter one |
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> of those through an ebuild? |
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You should always try to avoid writing ebuilds that need input from the user. |
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Add a local USE flag to the ebuild, so that the user can make his choice |
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*before* the ebuild runs. |
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Best regards, |
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Stu |
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