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From: Paul Kimoto <kimoto@lightlink.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 01:35:59 -0400
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Subject: "background" option does not background
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.1
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One of the options for handling a changed configuration file is

> Z     : background this process to examine the situation

but it is not really "backgrounding" if it spawns a _new_ shell.
(If something is "backgrounded", one returns to it by typing "fg",
not "exit".)  The terminology should be changed to prevent confusion.

	-Paul <kimoto@lightlink.com>