which was to self-initialize during the first function-call. This didn't work
so well because the first call was may or may-not be within a sub-shell
(which prevented proper setup of the pass-thru file descriptor, resulting in
dialogs that would not display).
Approved by: adrian (co-mentor) (implicit)
problem with using a msgbox was one of truncation in the case of Xdialog(1)
and lack of screen real-estate (since the msgbox is not scrollable in X11
while a textbox is).
The textbox renders the text much better and is more appropriate for this
type of data display.
Approved by: adrian (co-mentor) (implicit)
our embedded rescue environment to support /dev/null making r240770 obsolete.
Reviewed by: jilles, adrian (co-mentor)
Approved by: jilles, adrian (co-mentor)
