Re: [Pkgutil-users] Questions in non-interactive mode

[Peter B. <bon...@op...>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark R Bannister
<ma...@pr...> wrote:
> If you're trying to run pkgutil in non-interactive mode (i.e. pkgutil -yi
> something), if a package fails to be installed properly, rather than exiting
> with a non-zero exit status, pkgutil prompts "Exit from pkgutil and fix this
> issue first (recommended?) [Y,n]" and waits for stdin.
>
> This is no good for when software is being installed via an automated
> process.  We really need pkgutil to support a proper non-interactive mode
> when no questions will ever be asked.

This was something I added back in from the Blastwave fork.

I need to take a look at how it's implemented in my version. Maybe not
prompt if -y is used would solve your problem?

/peter