Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Joseph Heenan
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Todd Suess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:00 PM 1/11/00 -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > >Well, if you are still having a problem with ^C (note, you must restart > >your su shell), then it isn't caused by the login package. I tested it > >thoroughly, and i

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Todd Suess
Yup, I rebooted the machine, etc, and even if I am on the console and SU'd to root in a kvt window under KDE, if I do tail -f /var/log/syslog or any kind of command, ctrl-c will not exit the task. Have to ctrl-z and then kill %1 to actually kill the job. Todd At 01:00 PM 1/11/00 -0500, Ben C

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 12:55:19PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote: > tsuess:~# dpkg --list login > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Nam

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Todd Suess
tsuess:~# dpkg --list login Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ NameVersion Description +++-===

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 12:40:55PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote: > > > > > It is su, and it will be fixed in tomorrow's dinstall run. > > > > > I updated login last night during apt-get dist-upgrade but ctrl-c is > still broken. What version of the login package? -- ---===-=-==-===

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-11 Thread Todd Suess
> > It is su, and it will be fixed in tomorrow's dinstall run. > I updated login last night during apt-get dist-upgrade but ctrl-c is still broken. Regards, Todd

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 06:23:39PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: > > > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > > > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > > > > > I can suspend the process with ^Z and then kill it manually with kill but > > > ^C

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread der.hans
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Peter Schuller wrote: > Which package is su part of? That is, which package should one apt-get > install to get rid of this problem once the fix is in? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dpkg -S /bin/su login: /bin/su ciao, der.hans > Thanks! -- # +++==

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 06:23:39PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: > > > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > > > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > > > > > I can suspend the process with ^Z and then kill it manually with kill but > > > ^C

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Peter Schuller
> > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > > > I can suspend the process with ^Z and then kill it manually with kill but > > ^C does not seem to work anymore. > > It is su, and it will be fixed in tom

bash does not export variables (was Re: CORRECTION: ^c broken in latest potato)

2000-01-09 Thread Andrei D. Caraman
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 05:34:52PM -0800, Alex Romosan wrote: > ... when i am logged in as root using bash > as my shell things start to break. also, bash doesn't seem to export > environment variables. this breaks a lot of scripts. we better get > this fixed soon. I suppose you did a `set -a',

Re: CORRECTION: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
Today's potato upgrade has debconf 0.2.67 which fixes the problem. On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 02:02:40AM -, Pollywog wrote: > I also read (on Dalnet #debian) this morning that debconf is broken so it > should not be upgraded. > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

Re: CORRECTION: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Pollywog
I also read (on Dalnet #debian) this morning that debconf is broken so it should not be upgraded. -- Andrew

Re: CORRECTION: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Alex Romosan
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ^C only seems to be broken for SOME programs. > > If I, for example, go to /var/lib/dpkg/info and do an ls ... a ^C will not > stop it. > > If I issue ^C at the bash prompt, I get a new prompt. ^C also seems to > kill top. > > ^C will not kill a ps

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Aaron Solochek
Yep, ctrl-c wasn't killing dselect for me this afternoon, I upgraded last night. I was su'ed in, btw. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] George Bonser wrote: > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > I

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:55:21PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > I can suspend the process with ^Z and then kill it manually with kill but > ^C does not seem to w

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-08 Thread Todd Suess
I noticed this as well, I think it crept in in an update a few days ago. I first noticed it while tailing a log with -f, had to ctrl-z to get out of it. Todd On Sat, 08 Jan 2000, George Bonser wrote: > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > last night but do

Re: ^c broken in latest potato

2000-01-08 Thread Joseph Heenan
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cant seem to kill a running process with ^C anymore. Noticed the problem > last night but do not know when the problem crept in. > > I can suspend the process with ^Z and then kill it manually with kill but > ^C d