Re: possible new debconf interface
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 09:48:46PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Joey Hess wrote:
>
> > Will change to this:
> >
> > echo INPUT medium foo/bar >&$DEBCONF
> > read ret <&DEBCONF
> >
> > Of course, one is free to run 'exec 0<&$DEBCONF_SOCKET 1>&$DEBCONF_SOCKET'
> > and then just talk to it on stdin and stdout as in the first example
> > above.
>
> Which is it, the former, or the latter? I prefer the latter, or maybe
> DEBCONF_PIPE. There should be no confusion about what the variable means, and
> DEBCONF could be confusing, by itself.
>
> I might see myself using DEBCONF to mean debconf is available.
I'd agree that $DEBCONF is not the best thing to call it. Perhaps just
$DEBCONF_FD?
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Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer
Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team
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