On 2013-09-23 12:54, Marc Espie wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:25:57AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > * Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> [2013-09-23 12:22:47 +0200]: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:32:20AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > > > To update packages: pkg_add -iu (-i is for interaction to selection flavors of pkg's and -u is for update). Must be run with privileges, i.e. sudo or root user. > > > > > > You don't need -i in most cases these days, pkg_tools default to interactive > > > if run on a terminal now. > > > > > > (-I can be used to revert to non-interactive mode) > > > > > > > Cheers Marc, I wasn't aware of that. Just a habit I got into ages ago. > > Yeah, it's something I look at in usage patterns. > > Lots of people don't follow the tools development too closely, > and so they keep using options which are no longer needed. > > Then they teach those to other people, thus ensuring that > people keep thinking things are more complicated than > they are... > > I'd really like a solution that didn't involve me having > to rectify things again and again, but it's better than nothing :) >
How about a warning or notice when the user explicitly states "-i" saying "this is already the default and deprecated" if it's run from a tty? -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
