On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:27, Mark Brown wrote: > > ./configure --admin $ADMIN --domain $DOMAIN --bindir /usr/sbin > > --notify $NOTIFY --install > > > > The problem is that when it gets to the above configure line (which > > expects user input), it just hangs whereas if I run it from the command > > line it works fine. > > Does the configure line start a daemon running? If so, try using the > debconf command db_stop before calling it.
No. It just requires user IO. I already use db_stop (see original post) > > Debconf uses a pipe to communicate with your postinstall script and does > not exit until that pipe is closed. Since processes get a copy of the > open file descriptors of the parent process when started this can lead > to the daemon holding open the pipe that debconf is waiting to have > closed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]