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Date:      Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:22:36 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        pauls@utdallas.edu, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/bro Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/security/bro/files patch-Conn.h patch-Makefile.in patch-Obj.cc patch-Serializer.h patch-aux-scripts-Makefile.in patch-libedit::configure patch-patricia.c patch-patricia.h ...
Message-ID:  <20070913222236.GF17659@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <46E97E99.5030103@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200709101328.l8ADSDS6020847@repoman.freebsd.org> <46E97E99.5030103@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 08:16:57PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >  Added IS_INTERACTIVE to the port
> Interactive ports are highly discouraged.  What is the necessity for it 
> here?

The problem is that the installation script of the port itself (not
the ports framework) asks a couple of questions. Normally when this
happens you hope you can EOF the input and it takes some defaults,
but here it keeps asking over and over and over.

Edwin
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