The "--ask" option is ignored by emerge when performing the "metadata" action. This is pretty darn trivial, as a user is unlikely to have reason to change their minds about "metadata", but is inconsistent with other emerge operations (even "sync" respects "--ask"). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Run "emerge --ask metadata". Compare with, for example, "emerge --ask sync". Actual Results: Portage updates the metadata without asking first. Expected Results: Display a prompt along the lines of: Do you want to update your Portage metadata? [Yes/No] Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808- r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 17 2004, 13:22:49)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r5 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19-r1, 2.4.21-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/ X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/ dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/ config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik. tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups dga divx4linux f77 fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile ipv6 jack jack-tmpfs java jikes jpeg libcaca libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mng motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp postgres python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang spell sse ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb wmf wxwindows xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Fixed on or before 2.0.51.22-r1
Looking through the batch of bugs, I'm not sure that some of these are actually fixed in stable. Others, the requirements have possibly changed after the initial fix was committed. If you think this bug has been closed incorrectly, please reopen or ask that it be reopened.
