[Dbconfig-common-devel] Re: perl config script and dbconfig-common

[sean finney]

hey matt,

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:00:08PM +1200, Matt Brown wrote:
> If a package uses perl for it's config script and wants to use
> dbconfig-common what should it do?

whoa, i've never seen that.  i'm not sure if it would work, but i'd be
interested in finding out.  try invoking /bin/sh as a subshell command and
make sure that the variables are properly set therein and the arguments
to dbc_go are passed as they should be.  something like

- - -
my $dbcargs = join ' ', @ARGV;
open FOO, "|/bin/sh"
print FOO "dbc_foo=bar\n";
print FOO "dbc_go $dbcargs\n";
close FOO 
- - -

*ought* to work, of course with some extra error checking etc.  my
concern is that debconf will freak out because the subshell doesn't have
control of the terminal, but there's only one way to find out :)


	sean

ps - cc'ing this to the dbconfig list for posterity.
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