Bug 917581

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: print a BEL when waiting for user input (--ask)
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge)	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	gentoo, joeypabalinas
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Michał Górny archtester

2023-11-19 06:42:46 UTC

If you use --ask, currently you have to wait (possibly a long time) for Portage to calculate the dependency graph and you have to look to see if it's done already.  Portage could print a BEL to trigger some noise when it's done.

Comment 1 Joey Pabalinas 2024-07-24 02:46:35 UTC

(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #0)
> If you use --ask, currently you have to wait (possibly a long time) for
> Portage to calculate the dependency graph and you have to look to see if
> it's done already.  Portage could print a BEL to trigger some noise when
> it's done.

That's what the --alert flag is for :)

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2024-07-24 05:40:46 UTC

Thanks.  I'm surprised it's not on by default but *shrug*.