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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-03-24 11:15:47 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-03-24 11:15:47 -0700
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emerge: support [ y | n ] for --ask
This allows --ask to be enabled via EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, and then temporarily disabled via the command-line. This may be useful for programs that call emerge non-interactively, as in bug #360233.
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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
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@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ configuration, this would result in an effective
When displaying USE and other flag output, combines the enabled and
disabled lists into one list and sorts the whole list alphabetically.
.TP
-.BR "\-\-ask " (\fB\-a\fR)
+.BR "\-\-ask [ y | n ] (\-a short option)"
Before performing the action, display what will take place (server info for
\fB\-\-sync\fR, \fB\-\-pretend\fR output for merge, and so forth), then ask
whether to proceed with the action or abort. Using \fB\-\-ask\fR is more