Bug#207453: apache: apache.postinst: line 189: /dev/tty: No such device or address

[Andrew Shugg <andrew@neep.com.au>]

Emanuele Rocca said:
> The interruption of the script is due to a piece of code which actually
> does nothig:
> 
>         if ! $apacheconfig "$@"< /dev/tty > /dev/tty; then
> 	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 	     # FIXME
> 	     # debconf note
> #       echo
> #       echo -n "Configuration failed!
> #       "
> #       echo "Run \"apache-sslconfig\" to try this again later."
> #       echo
>             true
>         fi

Hmm.  That could possibly be fixed by testing to see if a terminal is
actually in use.  For example, changing that "if ! $apacheconfig" line
to the following:

    if test -t && ! $apacheconfig "$@"< /dev/tty > /dev/tty; then

I'll write a patch ...

Andrew.

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