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commit 6675001502ece8e72c8b3853a76a9b248b91b295 Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Date: Thu Apr 26 03:51:23 2018 +0200 dpkg: Print the environment variables setup for the conffile shell Make these variables more discoverable by printing them as a list before spawning the conffile shell. --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ src/configure.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f2a2ee0..1c45c41 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ dpkg (1.19.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium options. * Make dpkg-buildpackage validate OpenPGP signing key IDs length. Error out for short key IDs and warn for long key IDs. + * On the dpkg conffile prompt, print the set of environment variables setup + for the conffile shell, for easier discoverability. * Architecture support: - Add support for riscv64 CPU. Closes: #822914 Thanks to Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]> diff --git a/src/configure.c b/src/configure.c index 3c565c6..211663c 100644 --- a/src/configure.c +++ b/src/configure.c @@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ spawn_shell(const char *confold, const char *confnew) { pid_t pid; + fputs(_("Useful environment variables:\n"), stderr); + fputs(" - DPKG_SHELL_REASON\n", stderr); + fputs(" - DPKG_CONFFILE_OLD\n", stderr); + fputs(" - DPKG_CONFFILE_NEW\n", stderr); fputs(_("Type 'exit' when you're done.\n"), stderr); pid = subproc_fork(); -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git
