which ports require dialog during update

Damien Fleuriot ml at my.gd
Fri Oct 21 07:57:09 UTC 2011



On 10/21/11 9:53 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to tell which ports might require dialog input during
> update,
> 
> i have some auto update scripts

Stop doing this.

Your update scripts do not read /usr/ports/UPDATING.
Your update scripts do not read package changelogs.

What you're doing is irresponsible, and potentially dangerous/harmful if
your server is in production.

You should really be very careful about this.


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