This seems like a bug but maybe ... not ? s# s# uname -a Linux sphinx 5.15.88-gentoo-sparc64 #1 Sun Mar 12 18:36:19 GMT 2023 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre) GNU/Linux s# s# /usr/bin/nice -n +18 emerge --ask --verbose dev-util/kyua * IMPORTANT: 3 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! Dependency resolution took 93.95 s (backtrack: 0/20). [ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-lua-4-r1::gentoo 0 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/atf-0.21-r2::gentoo 555 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/lua-5.1.5-r200:5.1::gentoo USE="deprecated readline" 389 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-lua/lutok-0.4-r10::gentoo USE="-test" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1 -lua5-3 -lua5-4" 479 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-util/kyua-0.13-r2::gentoo USE="-test" 649 KiB Total: 5 packages (5 new), Size of downloads: 2,069 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Sorry, response 'No ' not understood. [Yes/No] No Quitting. s#
Seems to do the same thing with 'Yes ' and a trailing space : s# s# uname -a Linux sphinx 5.15.88-gentoo-sparc64 #1 Sun Mar 12 18:36:19 GMT 2023 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre) GNU/Linux s# s# s# /usr/bin/nice -n +18 emerge --ask --verbose dev-util/kyua dev-libs/atf * IMPORTANT: 3 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! Dependency resolution took 97.05 s (backtrack: 0/20). [ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-lua-4-r1::gentoo 0 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/atf-0.21-r2::gentoo 555 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-lang/lua-5.1.5-r200:5.1::gentoo USE="deprecated readline" 389 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-lua/lutok-0.4-r10::gentoo USE="-test" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1 -lua5-3 -lua5-4" 479 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-util/kyua-0.13-r2::gentoo USE="-test" 649 KiB Total: 5 packages (5 new), Size of downloads: 2,069 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Yes Sorry, response 'Yes ' not understood. [Yes/No]