Re: interaction during mass builds

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:04:47PM +0100, Jörn Clausen wrote:
> What is the general stance of pkgsrc on this issue? Should
> PKGSRC_RUN_TEST still result in an uninterrupted build? I usually use
> "pkg_chk -k" and look at the failed packages later. Put differently:
> Is this worth a PR against lang/php56, or is this the intended
> behavior?

At the very least, a build with _BATCH defined must be non-interactive.
Whether a non-batch build should be non-interactive is a bit more open
for discussion, but I generally don't see a reason for it to be. If it
is, it must be added to INTERACTIVE_STAGES or whatever the name was.

Joerg