diff -Nru debianutils-2.29ubuntu1/debian/changelog debianutils-2.29ubuntu2/debian/changelog
--- debianutils-2.29ubuntu1/debian/changelog	2008-06-26 23:16:00.000000000 -0500
+++ debianutils-2.29ubuntu2/debian/changelog	2008-09-03 12:15:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debianutils (2.29ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * sensible-editor: ensure that select-editor is only called if the current
+    input is a tty (LP: #264423).
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:15:06 -0500
+
 debianutils (2.29ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
diff -Nru debianutils-2.29ubuntu1/sensible-editor debianutils-2.29ubuntu2/sensible-editor
--- debianutils-2.29ubuntu1/sensible-editor	2008-06-10 14:37:14.000000000 -0500
+++ debianutils-2.29ubuntu2/sensible-editor	2008-09-03 12:08:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 if [ -r ~/.selected_editor ]; then
 	. ~/.selected_editor 2>/dev/null || true
-elif [ -z "$EDITOR" ] && [ -z "$SELECTED_EDITOR" ]; then
+elif [ -z "$EDITOR" ] && [ -z "$SELECTED_EDITOR" ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
 	select-editor && . ~/.selected_editor 2>/dev/null || true
 fi