Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:47:48 +0000 From: Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> To: Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Skipping or pre-setting the options in a package installation? (bsdstats) Message-ID: <87386o14ez.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C0DDC886-45E4-41B7-B4FD-7108FE746B30@gmail.com> (Matthew Pherigo's message of "Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:45:09 -0600") References: <C0DDC886-45E4-41B7-B4FD-7108FE746B30@gmail.com>
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>From "pkg help install" -y, --yes Assume yes when asked for confirmation before package installation. Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> writes: > Hi all, > > I use Ansible to administrate FreeBSD machines, and every time I install a pkg(8) that prompts for options (like bsdstats, which asks some > simple yes/no questions), the install stops and waits for input that will never arrive. Though I'm sure that something can be improved about > how Ansible handles this situation, I'm wondering how this can be automated or skipped in the first place. Perhaps there's an environment > variable like $ALWAYS_ASSUME_YES that chooses the defaults that come with the package automatically? > > Thanks, > --Matt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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