On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:24:51PM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > I put some code into apt that should make it possible to get usefull > install progress reports. It's in > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/apt--progress-reporting--0 [1] > > If the apt options: "APT::Status-Fd" is set, apt will send status > reports to that fd. The status fd reports have the following format: > > status:pkgname:TotalPercentage:action-description
I've tested this (with the accompanying one-line patch to aptitude where it calls DoInstall()), and after a conversation with Michael in which we fixed up some minor issues it now works fine. Having it in mainline apt soon would be fantastic. I then intend to use the debconf passthrough frontend so that I can have a frontend displaying the progress bar but also display any debconf questions asked by packages. This should incidentally allow both base-config/lib/menu/pkgsel and tasksel to be substantially simplified. We need to implement support in debconf for being a passthrough UI agent. Oops. Fortunately this shouldn't take too long. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
