frantisek holop wrote:
hmm, on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:04:15AM +0100, Marc Espie said that
Please note that (n to go) is an estimate. In some cases, it can be off.
That said, I introduced an off-by-1 the other way round in pkg_add...
i have noticed in pkg_add when doing a full upgrade
the "n to go" to skip about crazily, sometimes from 96 to 89, etc.
not to be an ass, but if it is an estimate, it should say so...
i find "n to go" to be pretty empirical when it comes to software.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this total jump up each each time a
new needed set of packages is actually verified during the scanning
process?
If so, perhaps making these upward steps (only) "more chatty" would add
clarity? Something like "5 extra packages added to total"
i also think that the pkg tools are becoming somewhat chatty
for no particular reason.. ("Looking for packages: ok" -- what's
that for really? if there's a problem tell me, but if everything
is ok, why tell me? this is not linux, is it?)
when i am doing an update (full or partial), it kind of doesn't
matter how many packages are there "to go", esp if it's an estimate
at best.. i think all the chat should go to -v (verbose).
I like to see a little something to know all is proceeding ok
/usr/sbin/pkg_add -ui -F update -F updatedepends >/dev/null 2>&1 &
Ought to satisfy "quiet" needs. No?
just my 2 cents.
-f
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