Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:32:35 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@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: <CA%2BtpaK0Gn0gGjvGOLpd2me5EkbCOEVHXb1Q9zD_wTYQ8pPTG4A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C0DDC886-45E4-41B7-B4FD-7108FE746B30@gmail.com> References: <C0DDC886-45E4-41B7-B4FD-7108FE746B30@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > You can use expect/autoexpect to automate interactive cli apps. -- Adam
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