Bug#408910: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: linux-image postinst breaks debconf by writing to stdout

[Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>]

I've filed the grub bug.
I guess you can close this kernel bug.

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:17:06AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         Actually, this is by design: not redirecting stdout allows the
>  hook scripts to use debconf to talk to the user using debconf; and I
>  know for sure there are hook scripts that are being used
>  interactively.
> 
>         The kernel-img.conf(5) man page has some language warning that
>  any scripts added to the hook should not write to stdout (the
>  language of the man page needs to be improved). So, this is a problem
>  with the hook scripts, and not the kernel image or kernel-package.
> 
>         Could you tell us which hook scripts are being used? If these
>  are scripts provided by a debian package, they need to be
>  fixed. Thanks. 
> 
>         manoj
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