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by jzwinck 518 days ago
That's what isatty() is for. If stdin is not a TTY, prompting should not be the default. Many programs change their defaults or their entire behavior based on isatty().
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junon 517 days ago
isatty() is spoofed in e.g. Make via PTYs. It's a light check at best and lies to you at worst.
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darthwalsh 517 days ago
If make is going to spoof the PTY, it should take responsibility for answering the autocorrect prompt
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junon 517 days ago
There's no "prompt". That's not how TTYs work. Make has no idea the program is waiting for any input.
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