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Subject: ports/665: pkg_manage can't handle installing dvips
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>Number:         665
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       pkg_manage can't handle installing dvips
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug  8 17:50:04 PDT 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Muir Sharnoff
>Organization:
Idiom Consulting
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT-19950603 i386
>Environment:

>Description:

	The dvips installation script wants terminal input.  pkg_manage
	just hangs when an installation script wants terminal input.  It
	would be better if it detected the situation (SIG_TSTP?).  It would
	be better still if you give the required terminal input.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
	
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: