Bug 571014

Summary:	app-portage/layman >=2.3.0 needs command line argument such as -y
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	samurai.no.dojo
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Layman Overlay Manager project <layman>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	samurai.no.dojo
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description samurai.no.dojo 2016-01-05 17:57:14 UTC

Layman is not script/puppet... friendly.
when you need to add overly without user intervention it hangs (or fails) on asking for y/n input when overlay is not official.
I suggest to add some command line to overcome this deficiency.
eg:"# layman -y -a unofficial_overlay"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.from script add repo with layman "# layman -a some_overlay"


Actual Results:  
it will hang on asking y/n question for unofficial overlay

Expected Results:  
with some "I know what I am doing" switch add new overlay

Comment 1 Devan Franchini (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-01-13 21:58:35 UTC

To resolve this issue simply set "check_official" to "no" in your layman.cfg files.