--- revdep-rebuild.old	2005-09-21 00:04:25.662582088 +0200
+++ revdep-rebuild.nowait	2005-09-21 01:20:21.005774344 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	echo "      --library=NAME   NAME can be a full path to the library or a basic"
 	echo "                       regular expression (man grep)"
 	echo " -nc, --no-color       Turn off colored output"
+	echo " -nw, --no-wait        Turn off safety delays"
 	echo "  -i, --ignore         Ignore temporary files from previous runs"
 	echo "  -q, --quiet          Be less verbose (also passed to emerge command)"
 	echo " -vv, --extra-verbose  Be extra verbose"
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
 SEARCH_BROKEN=true
 EXTRA_VERBOSE=false
 KEEP_TEMP=false
+WAIT=true
 
 EMERGE_OPTIONS=""
 PRELIMINARY_CALLED_OPTIONS=""
@@ -168,6 +170,10 @@
 		NOCOLOR=true
 		shift
 		;;
+	-nw | --no-wait )
+		WAIT=false
+		shift
+		;;
 	-i | --ignore )
 		rm -f ${LIST}*
 		shift
@@ -522,10 +528,12 @@
 			echo "- An ebuild is no longer in the portage tree."
 			echo "- An ebuild is masked, use /etc/portage/packages.keyword"
 			echo "  and/or /etc/portage/package.unmask to unmask it"
-			for i in . . . . . ; do
-				echo -n -e '\a.'
-				sleep 1
-			done
+			if $WAIT ; then
+				for i in . . . . . ; do
+					echo -n -e '\a.'
+					sleep 1
+				done
+			fi
 			ln -f $LLIST.4_ebuilds $LLIST.5_order
 		else
 			emerge --nospinner --pretend --oneshot --emptytree $RAW_REBUILD_LIST | sed -n 's/ //g;s/^.*\]//p' | grep "$REBUILD_GREP" >$LLIST.5_order
@@ -558,7 +566,7 @@
 
 echo "emerge --oneshot $EMERGE_OPTIONS $REBUILD_LIST"
 
-if $IS_REAL_MERGE ; then
+if $IS_REAL_MERGE && $WAIT ; then
 	for i in . . . . . . . . . . ; do
 		echo -n -e '\a.'
 		sleep 1