Debian Bug report logs - #312248
debconf doesn't notice when child process segfaults

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Package: debconf; Maintainer for debconf is Debconf Developers <[email protected]>; Source for debconf is src:debconf (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Colin Watson <[email protected]>

Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.4.50

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Joey Hess <[email protected]>:
Bug#312248; Package debconf. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Colin Watson <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Joey Hess <[email protected]>. (full text, mbox, link).

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From: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: debconf doesn't notice when child process segfaults
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:44:36 +0100
Package: debconf
Version: 1.4.50
Severity: normal

If a child process segfaults, debconf may not notice (since $? >> 8 may
still be zero). I noticed this while trying to run a cdebconf-based
program under debconf.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [[email protected]]

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