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Bug 54489 - Portage -aC default is Yes
Summary: Portage -aC default is Yes
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High trivial (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2004-06-19 21:05 UTC by Donovan Long
Modified: 2004-06-21 02:02 UTC (History)
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Description Donovan Long 2004-06-19 21:05:25 UTC 
emerge -aC something

No matter how accidential your Enter may have been, the default on clean is to go ahead.  This does not seem wise given how easy it is to do (I think my enter for the command must have occurred twice).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:



Expected Results:  
Assumed No or ignored the input and waited for a valid response.

Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.
1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config 
/usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache digest fixpackages sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http:
//mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/ 
http://gentoo.noved.org/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://gentoo.
mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrored.ca/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo 
http://gentoo.eliteitminds.com"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr clamav crypt cups encode 
esd fbcon foomaticdb freetype gdbm ggi gif gimpprint gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imlib 
java jikes jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif moznocompose moznoirc 
moznomail mpeg mpeg4 mysql nas ncurses nls nocd oav offensive oggvorbis opengl 
operanom2 oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang 
spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Comment 1 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-06-21 02:02:56 UTC 
This is really trivial and not something that will be looked at in
the near future. It beeps, it waits... You should use pretend and
not the 'new' --ask option if you're worried.