• Bug#265599: debconf: debcon-devel(7) should warn people not to use file

    From Branden Robinson@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 14 00:00:10 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: debconf
    Version: 1.4.30
    Severity: normal

    /usr/share/doc/confmodule uses file descriptor 3 for its own purposes, but
    this is not documented in debconf-devel(7).

    File descriptor 3 is likely the first one a person trying to work around
    the prohibition against using standard input will pick.

    Please document this so poor shell programmers like me don't hurt ourselves.

    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 3.1
    APT prefers unstable
    APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
    Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
    Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-powerpc-smp
    Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

    Versions of packages debconf depends on:
    ii debconf-i18n 1.4.30 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.8.4-2 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

    -- debconf information:
    * debconf/frontend: Readline
    * debconf/priority: medium


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