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Date:      Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:41:05 +0100
From:      <rank1seeker@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: STDIN of dialog4ports
Message-ID:  <20150313144105.000001f8@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <550234D8.1070006@freebsd.org>
References:  <20150312054510.000067f4@gmail.com> <9928461426161287@web22o.yandex.ru> <20150312154503.00003c47@gmail.com> <550234D8.1070006@freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:52:40 -0400
Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 03/12/2015 10:45, rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:
> > Thanks Ilya,
> >=20
> > Well, better you patch it as you already know the layout of
> > dialog4ports's code, as you've been main dev and you know where to
> > start patching. I believe it's a little change which would cost you
> > only hour or few. ;)
> > + you are way more experienced in C then I (I did it only for about
> > 4 months)
> >=20
> > Just throw a patch and I'll gladly test it. (added hackers@)
> >=20
> >=20
> > Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:54:47 +0300
> > Ilya A. Arkhipov <rum1cro@yandex.ru> wrote:
> >=20
> >> Yes, now dialog4ports can't to get from STDIN any data.
> >> But if you want you(or maybe I) can prepare patch for that ^_^
> >>
> >> 12.03.2015, 07:45, "rank1seeker@gmail.com" <rank1seeker@gmail.com>:
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>> I'm contacting you because you have developed dialog4ports and
> >>> I'll try to be very short in my request.
> >>>
> >>> GOAL: File "/var/db/ports/$PORT/options" being created via 'make
> >>> config' as it is when ENTER is pressed as soon as dialog was
> >>> displayed.
> >>>
> >>> Before 9.0 my solution was:
> >>> When in port's dir (DOESN'T have "/var/db/ports/$PORT/options"
> >>> file set =3D> doesn't exists yet) --
> >>> # make config << MyEND
> >>> o
> >>> MyEND
> >>> --
> >>> Additionally, I avoided dialog being displayed by sending it
> >>> to /dev/null. Once "/var/db/ports/$PORT/options" is created, task
> >>> is done =3D> NO build, install, etc ...
> >>>
> >>> Now as I understand, change to "raw" mode type of dialog4ports's
> >>> STDIN, which differs from pipe's buffered mode, makes me unable to
> >>> pipe ENTER (\n) to dialog
> >>>
> >>> Now I'm forced to use lang/expect which is overhead and very slow!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>> Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87
> >>
> >=20
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> >=20
>=20
> If you just want to accept the defaults, setting the environment
> variable BATCH=3DYES will skip displaying dialog4ports entirely

No, BATCH=3DYES won't work for 'config' target as it'll display dialog anyw=
ay.
It'll work with 'install' target, BUT "/var/db/ports/$PORT/options" won't b=
e created!




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