Denis Barbier wrote: > For (b), where should cfdisk be displayed? Certainly not on the > same window. So when scripts or programs are displaying something, > they have to be directed elsewere. Maybe the newt frontend could > run cfdisk on another console, switch to this console and display a > message in newt telling that an application is running on vcN. It has to go to the same console to support serial installs. > I believe that all we need is an EXTERNAL cdebconf command, which > runs its arguments on another console and waits for its child to > finish. The di-utils-shell could then simply become > #! /bin/sh > . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule > db_external /bin/sh I think this might be a good idea, but it should just tear down the current debconf UI (if necessary, not for X), then run the program and then set up the UI again. -- see shy jo
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