1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 9e3611b26..e9d1ba1ce 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1098,6 +1098,12 @@ bool FileFd::OpenInternDescriptor(unsigned int const Mode, APT::Configuration::C
 	    dup2(d->compressed_fd,STDIN_FILENO);
 	 dup2(Pipe[1],STDOUT_FILENO);
       }
+      int const nullfd = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
+      if (nullfd != -1)
+      {
+	 dup2(nullfd,STDERR_FILENO);
+	 close(nullfd);
+      }
 
       SetCloseExec(STDOUT_FILENO,false);
       SetCloseExec(STDIN_FILENO,false);