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Date:      Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:50:38 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
To:        Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279571 - head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <92149782-299E-4DCC-B7A7-82C6D66E95AD@scsiguy.com>
In-Reply-To: <54F72F7B.9000708@freebsd.org>
References:  <201503032320.t23NKJjC059788@svn.freebsd.org> <7DB9A593-74D4-4513-9BF7-8DB76A7DB684@scsiguy.com> <54F72F7B.9000708@freebsd.org>

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On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 2015-03-04 09:59, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Author: allanjude (doc committer)
>>> Date: Tue Mar  3 23:20:18 2015
>>> New Revision: 279571
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279571
>>>=20
>>> Log:
>>> Add a new safetly belt to freebsd-update to prevent a user doing a =
minor update (-pX) while having an unfinished major upgrade (9.x to 9.y)
>>> Safetly belt can be disabled with the -F flag
>>>=20
>>> Additionally, add the --not-running-from-cron flag they bypasses the =
TTY requirement, and allows freebsd-update to be invoked by =
orchestration frameworks, scripts, or otherwise.
>>=20
>> Would "=E2=80=94non-interactive" be a better name for this option?  =
Or maybe there is a standard option name used by other utilities to =
disable the TTY check?
>>=20
>> =E2=80=94
>> Justin
>>=20
>=20
> I had originally had it as part of the -F (force) flag, but Colin
> Percival asked for that name specifically.

It just seems like a poor choice for the flag name since it implies =
you=E2=80=99d want to use it in interactive settings too, since cron =
isn=E2=80=99t involved.

=E2=80=94
Justin


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