exceptions with "\n" are considered normal ways to quit and thus do not fire up

drakbug (eg: #32292)

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 5080afd2a..19a152f3b 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- drakbug:
+  o exceptions with "\n" are considered normal ways to quit and thus
+    do not fire up drakbug (eg: #32292)
 - diskdrake:
   o restore progress bar when formatting ext3
 
diff --git a/perl-install/standalone.pm b/perl-install/standalone.pm
index c20381911..d2035e469 100644
--- a/perl-install/standalone.pm
+++ b/perl-install/standalone.pm
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ sub bug_handler {
     my ($error) = @_;
     # exceptions in eval are OK:
     return if $error && $^S;
+    # exceptions with "\n" are normal ways to quit:
+    if ($error !~ /at line/) {
+        warn $error;
+        exit(255);
+    }
     # we want the full backtrace:
     $error .= common::backtrace() if $error;
     my $progname = $0;