fix regression that APT::Keep-Fds is not honored (closes: #730490)

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / contrib / fileutl.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index d2be276c71a6eeaa9969b038e024fab573349fd7..3a6bdfe2ec431b6872ef3a45cb2c5e41c130e2b1 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -760,16 +760,13 @@ bool WaitFd(int Fd,bool write,unsigned long timeout)
    return true;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
-// ExecFork - Magical fork that sanitizes the context before execing   /*{{{*/
+// MergeKeepFdsFromConfiguration - Merge APT::Keep-Fds configuration   /*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* This is used if you want to cleanse the environment for the forked 
-   child, it fixes up the important signals and nukes all of the fds,
-   otherwise acts like normal fork. */
-pid_t ExecFork()
+/* This is used to merge the APT::Keep-Fds with the provided KeepFDs
+ * set.
+ */
+void MergeKeepFdsFromConfiguration(std::set<int> &KeepFDs)
 {
-      set<int> KeepFDs;
-
-      // FIXME: remove looking at APT::Keep-Fds eventually, its a hack
       Configuration::Item const *Opts = _config->Tree("APT::Keep-Fds");
       if (Opts != 0 && Opts->Child != 0)
       {
@@ -782,6 +779,19 @@ pid_t ExecFork()
            KeepFDs.insert(fd);
         }
       }
+}
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
+// ExecFork - Magical fork that sanitizes the context before execing   /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This is used if you want to cleanse the environment for the forked 
+   child, it fixes up the important signals and nukes all of the fds,
+   otherwise acts like normal fork. */
+pid_t ExecFork()
+{
+      set<int> KeepFDs;
+      // we need to merge the Keep-Fds as external tools like 
+      // debconf-apt-progress use it
+      MergeKeepFdsFromConfiguration(KeepFDs);
       return ExecFork(KeepFDs);
 }