From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 16:45:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D2316A46C for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:45:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D03EC13C4A5 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@foster.cc) Received: from OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.59]) by QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with smtp id BsJu1Y0091GXsuc0101w00; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:33:12 +0000 Received: from fosgate.dyndns.org ([24.17.77.253]) by OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BsZB1Y0065TuUQw0000000; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:33:12 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=81ABGVOTAAAA:8 a=GI2btvVDM69YpMaREQcA:9 a=FauehPSmlp0JqMvBhvtVGdl8cCMA:4 a=EI1Y7BXnmVQA:10 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fosgate.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D81D39851 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:10:09 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at foster.cc Received: from fosgate.dyndns.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sonar.foster.dmz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id byvirL5-TFdE for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:10:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (monk.foster.dmz [192.168.1.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by fosgate.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0558C3982B for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47387BCA.6080604@foster.cc> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:14:02 -0800 From: "Mark D. Foster" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <2852884D-270A-4879-B960-C10A602E080E@ashleymoran.me.uk> <47387891.2060007@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47387891.2060007@unsane.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Ports with GUI configs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:45:12 -0000 Vince wrote: > Ashley Moran wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I was just wondering, what is the motivation behind the GUI >> configuration for some ports? Simply put, they drive me up the wall. >> I've lost count of the number of times I've come back to a big install >> to find it hanging on a config screen. Possibly I'm missing something. >> > I agree though, I often suffer the same problem, coming back after a few > hours to a build that should have finished to find its sitting on the > first dependency. > Maybe it's been suggested before (in which case I add my vote) but a timeout mechanism would solve this... give the user 10s to provide a keypress else bailout and use the "default" options. -- Said one park ranger, 'There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.' Mark D. Foster, CISSP http://mark.foster.cc/