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

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 462f4a739..a8d08f500 100644
--- 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]);
+      // 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