From: Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:54:23 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Dpkg::IPC: Add wait_child option to fork_and_exec
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Dpkg::IPC: Add wait_child option to fork_and_exec

* scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm (fork_and_exec): If the wait_child
option is set to true, wait for the child to exit before
returning to the caller.
---

diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm
index 9c621f92..7f8a46aa 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ sub fork_and_exec {
     close($opts{"from_handle"}) if exists $opts{"from_handle"};
     close($opts{"to_handle"}) if exists $opts{"to_handle"};
 
+    if ($opts{"wait_child"}) {
+	wait_child($pid, cmdline => "@prog");
+	return 1;
+    }
+
     return $pid;
 }