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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuilds needing user input
From:       Stuart Herbert <stuart () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-01-31 8:33:21
Message-ID: 200401310833.26525.stuart () gentoo ! org
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On Friday 30 January 2004 11:11 pm, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos 
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How should one enter some input to an installation process through an
> ebuild? For example, at some point the bash script for program
> installation needs to receive a number from 1 to 4, how can we enter one
> of those through an ebuild?

You should always try to avoid writing ebuilds that need input from the user.  
Add a local USE flag to the ebuild, so that the user can make his choice 
*before* the ebuild runs.

Best regards,
Stu
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