* Sat Apr 13 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-4.sme

- remove whiptail [SME: 8275]

root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console.pm

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ esmith::console - A class to provide a backend library to the server console.
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This class provides a backend library of methods for the frontend console on
-the server. The intent is that all of the whiptail code is hidden in this
+the server. The intent is that all of the dialog code is hidden in this
 library, and the frontend can just concern itself with the logical progression
 through any and all applicable screens.
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sub new
 
 =head2 screen and dialog
 
-These method are wrappers around whiptail and dialog, and permit the creation
+These method are wrappers around dialog, and permit the creation
 of custom screens depending on the arguments passed. They are typically not
 called directly, but are used by all of the other page methods that
 follow. You should only call these method directly if none of the other
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ sub dialog
     _screen(shift, "/usr/bin/dialog", @_);
 }
 
-sub whiptail
-{
-    _screen(shift, "/usr/bin/whiptail", @_);
-}
-
 sub _screen
 {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -159,28 +154,13 @@ sub _screen
         close READER
             or die gettext("Couldn't close reading end of pipe") , ": $!\n";
 
-        if ($whiptail =~ m{\bwhiptail$} ) {
+        use Fcntl qw/F_SETFD/;
-            # whiptail sends its output via STDERR.  We temporarily
-            # shut off warnings so they don't interfere with that.
-            local $^W = 0;
 
-            open  STDERR, ">& WRITER"
+        # Clear close-on-exec on WRITER so that it stays open for dialog to use
-                or die gettext("Couldn't connect STDERR to pipe"), ": $!\n";
+        fcntl(WRITER, F_SETFD, 0);
 
-            close WRITER
+        unshift @whiptailArgs, $whiptail,
-                or die gettext("Couldn't close writing end of pipe"), ": $!\n";
-
-            unshift @whiptailArgs, $whiptail,
-                '--backtitle', $self->backtitle;
-        } else {
-            use Fcntl qw/F_SETFD/;
-
-            # Clear close-on-exec on WRITER so that it stays open for dialog to use
-            fcntl(WRITER, F_SETFD, 0);
-
-            unshift @whiptailArgs, $whiptail,
                 '--backtitle', $self->backtitle, "--output-fd", fileno(WRITER);
-        }
         exec @whiptailArgs;
         die gettext("Couldn't exec:"), ": $!\n";
     }

smeserver-lib.spec

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Summary: smeserver server and gateway - library module
 %define name smeserver-lib
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 3
+%define release 4
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: Artistic
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Provides: e-smith-lib
 smeserver server and gateway software - library module.
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Apr 13 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-4.sme
+- remove whiptail [SME: 8275]
+
 * Thu Apr 04 2024 Brian Read <brianr@koozali.org> 11.0.0-3.sme
 - Set license file to GPL2.0  [SME: 12577]