send "dpkg-exec" message on the status fd when dpkg is run

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 462f4a7394647327ca4de14588d1f29c27123ec8..a8d08f500df78fe54c1359644c0caead5f340e15 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -839,6 +839,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
        // Fork dpkg
       pid_t Child;
       _config->Set("APT::Keep-Fds::",fd[1]);
        // Fork dpkg
       pid_t Child;
       _config->Set("APT::Keep-Fds::",fd[1]);

+      // send status information that we are about to fork dpkg
+      if(OutStatusFd > 0) {
+        ostringstream status;
+        status << "pmstatus:dpkg-exec:" 
+               << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
+               << ":" << _("Running dpkg")
+               << endl;
+        write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
+      }

       Child = ExecFork();
             
       // This is the child
       Child = ExecFork();
             
       // This is the child

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a22f78401a7ce6c7a8b3524a64dbc1430834585c..60db448c0c37b342b6a2e7f0df658d66dab8b2b3 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ apt (0.7.21) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
     - add Dpkg::UseIoNice boolean option to run dpkg with ionice -c3
       (off by default)
   * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
     - add Dpkg::UseIoNice boolean option to run dpkg with ionice -c3
       (off by default)

+    - send "dpkg-exec" message on the status fd when dpkg is run

 
  -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 28 May 2009 17:51:42 +0200
 
 
  -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 28 May 2009 17:51:42 +0200