On a slow connection, those repo syncs can take quite a while, and on a slow computer, dependency calculations can also take quite a while. There have been many times when I have been faced with both. Actually, even on a fast computer, dependency calculations can take quite a while when there's a full system upgrade on a system that hasn't been upgraded in a while. My patch is ready and will follow this email. On 2015-11-14 19:56, Allan McRae wrote:
On 15/11/15 10:41, Eric Toombs wrote:
Fair enough, Allan. I'll get on that when I have the time.
On 2015-10-17 09:22, Allan McRae wrote:
On 16/10/15 14:26, Eric Toombs wrote:
(copied from here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41188 The attachment is there too. I made it a while ago, so that's why I called 4.1.2 current.)
I have implemented a boolean option '--bell' that when enabled, causes pacman to ring the terminal bell when there is user input required. I find this tremendously helpful when there are long delays between user input and I am busy doing other things at the same time. Let me know what you think.
The patch is attached. It applies to the src/pacman folder of the current (4.1.2) release.
It is not a feature that I would ever use, but I'll have no objections if it is submitted with documentation update (man page).
As an added question... when is there long delays to user input? User input generally happens right after the repos are downloaded, which should not be a long delay.
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