Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:50:38 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r279571 - head/usr.sbin/freebsd-update Message-ID: <92149782-299E-4DCC-B7A7-82C6D66E95AD@scsiguy.com> In-Reply-To: <54F72F7B.9000708@freebsd.org> References: <201503032320.t23NKJjC059788@svn.freebsd.org> <7DB9A593-74D4-4513-9BF7-8DB76A7DB684@scsiguy.com> <54F72F7B.9000708@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On 2015-03-04 09:59, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >> On Mar 3, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> >>> Author: allanjude (doc committer) >>> Date: Tue Mar 3 23:20:18 2015 >>> New Revision: 279571 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/279571 >>> >>> Log: >>> Add a new safetly belt to freebsd-update to prevent a user doing a minor update (-pX) while having an unfinished major upgrade (9.x to 9.y) >>> Safetly belt can be disabled with the -F flag >>> >>> Additionally, add the --not-running-from-cron flag they bypasses the TTY requirement, and allows freebsd-update to be invoked by orchestration frameworks, scripts, or otherwise. >> >> Would "—non-interactive" be a better name for this option? Or maybe there is a standard option name used by other utilities to disable the TTY check? >> >> — >> Justin >> > > I had originally had it as part of the -F (force) flag, but Colin > Percival asked for that name specifically. It just seems like a poor choice for the flag name since it implies you’d want to use it in interactive settings too, since cron isn’t involved. — Justin [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJU9zfeAAoJED9n8CuvaSf4OyAH/00gzNPOYh8cRwr0pTGpZUVm fE16fuVAdybopqFs0HBjI2XwYQr4eFTlCr6+ZTv81cICyxl5xTP4OKtms0yE0tJO Q+RGnb2IvCdl727kMSEjszdKjULUJC6/1Mr8FETsG0f/TTu6RcBL6wW/FA/2/c45 8l6cB3kEgUBniznQ2kYTtSeVdZdZj5uGh2GZ3Q6ON/hUcixbsNGm7sCm50rPCU+k etcteNUb1XjW/oULCdIpfDft2K/TX7+ixkBtgE3rbdXEYilo8TmU0Fz25NAjOoVr NTEjPuM+aqpLylhaP4bTfe2WZeKJv1VMgIhDobVT3pUU21QvamfqqmsoC0Oygl8= =Q0xU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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