As discussed with roy and zzam some time ago on IRC, please add a --pretend option to runscript..... <snip> [23:33:30] <Pesa> which asks the user to confirm before proceeding [23:33:34] <Pesa> example [23:33:51] <Pesa> if i do /etc/init.d/hald restart, xdm will be restarted too [23:34:18] <Pesa> but the user may not know, and running that command within an X session may have undesired results [23:34:58] <Pesa> --ask tells the user which services will be restarted, or stopped if any, and asks for confirmation [23:35:19] <Pesa> the same applies for "start" action [23:35:50] <Pesa> should be used like so: /etc/init.d/foo --ask <action> [23:36:05] <rsmarples> no, i don't like that. i don't like interactiveness like that [23:36:15] <rsmarples> how about a --pretend option instead? [23:36:27] <Pesa> well, yes [23:36:30] <rsmarples> it shows you the services it would start or stop if you did that [23:36:42] <Pesa> yes, maybe it's even better [23:36:52] <rsmarples> then you could pipe it if needed [23:37:03] <Pesa> waiting for user input may be problematic indeed [23:37:04] <zzam> or like emerge where --ask is --pretend + exactly one confirmation [23:37:43] <Pesa> well, --pretend is just a --dry-run [23:37:52] <zzam> sure [23:38:49] <rsmarples> Pesa: file a bug asking for that at bugs.marples.name so I don't forget :) </snip>
Roy: ping
Please file a feature request bug with the OpenRC project at http://roy.marples.name/projects/openrc
Done -> http://roy.marples.name/projects/openrc/ticket/151
