From f5e9aceebfc1e9ee4c8383b55d8190e27ad7f7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dvs1
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:54:11 +1000
Subject: Tweak APT.exe so status works more reliably.

---
 apt-panopticommon.lua | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apt-panopticommon.lua b/apt-panopticommon.lua
index e31c22f..0939c3a 100644
--- a/apt-panopticommon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticommon.lua
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ APT.readCmd = function(cmd)
 	    table.insert(result, l)
 	end
     end
+    -- While this does return the same things as os.execute(), it's just as useless.
+    output:close()
     return result
 end
 
@@ -590,23 +592,23 @@ APT.exe = function(c)
 	    I'm getting 7168 or 0.  No idea what the fuck that is.
 	local ok, rslt, status = os.execute(s)
 	]]
-	local f = APT.readCmd(self.cmd, 'r')
+	local f = APT.readCmd(self.cmd .. '; echo "$?"', 'r')
 	-- The last line will be the command's returned status, collect everything else in result.
-	self.status = ''	-- Otherwise the result starts with 0.
+	self.status = tonumber(f[#f])
+	f[#f] = nil
 	self.result = '\n'
 	for i,l in ipairs(f) do
 	    self.result = self.result .. l .. "\n"
 	end
-	f = APT.readCmd('echo "$?"', 'r')
-	for i,l in ipairs(f) do
-	    self.status = tonumber(l)
-	    if (137 == self.status) or (124 == self.status) then
-		print("timeout killed " .. self.status .. ' ' .. self.command)
-		E("timeout killed " .. self.status .. ' ' .. self.command)
-	    elseif (0 ~= self.status) then
-		print("status |" .. self.status .. '| ' .. self.command)
-		E("status |" .. self.status .. '| ' .. self.command)
-	    end
+	if (137 == self.status) or (124 == self.status) then
+	    print("timeout killed " .. self.status .. ' ' .. self.command)
+	    print('ERROR ' .. "timeout killed " .. self.status .. ' ' .. self.command)
+	elseif (nil == self.status) then
+	    print("status |" .. "NIL" .. '| ' .. self.command)
+	    E("status |" .. "NIL" .. '| ' .. self.command)
+	elseif (0 ~= self.status) then
+--	    print("status |" .. self.status .. '| ' .. self.command)
+	    E("status |" .. self.status .. '| ' .. self.command)
 	end
 	return self
     end
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