Hi, Joey Hess: > Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > IMHO it's a good reason for not mixing configuration with execution, > > and it's an even better reason for fixing a bug in DebConf. Specifically, > > setting the Close-On-Exec flag on the file descriptor(s) which represent > > the DebConf protocol will prevent all these problems from occurring. > > So tell me how to do it from a shell script and I will do so gladly. > If all else fails, you can run a second program which creates your configuration. Close-on-Exit. ;-)
Otherwise, if the shell functions for debconf don't provide a way to explicitly send a STOP and close the connection (I don't know offhand), that's a bug. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/
