On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 05:30:26PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 05:03:17PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Notice that the debconf helper scripts provide stdout on &3, so any > > scripts writing to stdout only need to redirect their output to &3, no > > ? > > No, that won't work; if you send something to fd 3, it will go to the > debconf frontend and be interpreted as a debconf protocol command. In
Well, you are the expert, i said this, because the /usr/share/debconf/confmodule script i use in mkvmlinuz and recomended by debconf-devel says : # Redirect standard output to standard error. This prevents common # mistakes by making all the output of the postinst or whatever # script is using this library not be parsed as confmodule commands. # # To actually send something to standard output, send it to fd 3. which i read that &1 goes to debconf and &3 to stdout normally. But then i am largely out of my depth here, and would greatly greatly appreciate someone with a real clue (you or joeyh being likely candidates here :) to have a look at this issue. Mmm, need to go and read the rest of your mail really, ... Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]