Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:54:00 +0400 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster Message-ID: <86iq3nfj3r.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C5C8425.5060702@FreeBSD.org> (Doug Barton's message of "Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:52:37 -0700") References: <86y6cjke9i.fsf@gmail.com> <4C5C8425.5060702@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> writes: > On 08/06/2010 07:27, Anonymous wrote: >> While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it >> finally comes time to install I need to type password again. >> Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running >> >> $ sudo true >> >> would be enough to update time stamp. They're per tty by default, anyway. > > While I can sympathize with your situation, I think you'd be better off > in this case running your portmaster commands in an actual root shell. Wouldn't periodic hook be useful to smth else besides PM_SU_CMD? Like sending time passed since current port build started to xterm title. It may help to guess how long till it completes the build.home | help
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