Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 06:28:58 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possible addition of global switch to pkg (Matthew Seaman) Message-ID: <CAEC7393EnK7r=56Xx_n-Jj=56tSmomdX7%2B25ua-AySQ4Ba8G1w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEC7392UrC06JWhzfEdvZ9FeEO=xyNAuBiD61mhXoq6sv%2BUZ7Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEC7392UrC06JWhzfEdvZ9FeEO=xyNAuBiD61mhXoq6sv%2BUZ7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/7/20, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/7/20, freebsd-pkg-request@freebsd.org > <freebsd-pkg-request@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Send freebsd-pkg mailing list submissions to >> freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org > [snip] >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. possible addition of global switch to pkg (Donald Wilde) >> 2. Re: possible addition of global switch to pkg (Matthew Seaman) >> > [snip] >> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 19:17:22 +0100 >> From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> >> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: possible addition of global switch to pkg >> Message-ID: <2d4672a2-7c59-2c3e-2726-5e782f1311c1@FreeBSD.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > [snip] >> >> This isnt a pkg(8) thing. pkg doesn't throw up any dialog boxes itself. >> If you install using the standard pre-compiled packages, you'll just >> get the docs installed, no questions asked, because that is the default >> setting. >> >> I guess what you're talking about is actually compiling your own >> packages -- in which case, yes, you will see options dialog boxes quite >> regularly. Given that, there is a simple global switch you can use. > > Actually, no I'm not to that point yet. :) > > If I install a package or port, I _always_ want the docs box checked yes. > > I simply want to not have my 'pkg install something' or /usr/ports/X/Y > make post this trivial dialog that freezes my install until I answer > it. :) I need to correct that. If I install from packages, it uses packages compiled with docs enabled. I was compiling devel/boost-all from ports, and it was taking forever(TM) (that's a technical term). :D [snip] > Thanks for the info, Matthew. I will dig in as you request. -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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