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Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> wrote: |
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>>When logging is enabled, ebuild output is passed via tee. Running |
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>>anything that checks for terminal type inside of pkg_config therefore |
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>>doesn't work correctly. This patch disables logging during pkg_config |
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>>altogether. |
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> There was a thread about this recently, and I'm almost certain that my |
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> input was lost in the noise. A cleaner way of accomplishing that is to |
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> write the ebuild such that portions which need a terminal either attach |
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> to a terminal (`make menuconfig </dev/tty >/dev/tty`) or simply check |
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> for a terminal (`tty -s || die "I need a terminal."`). I almost never |
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> use the `ebuild ... config` feature, but just on general principle I'd |
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> rather the logging capability remain intact. |
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Is this type of /dev/tty device functionality portable among all gentoo supported (non-Linux) operating systems? This is a concern that comes to my mind. |
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Zac |
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