[Aptitude-devel] Bug#799532: aptitude: typing Ctrl-L during an upgrade puts aptitude in background

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 + unreproducible


2015-09-19 23:52 Vincent Lefevre:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.7.1-1
>Severity: important
>
>During an upgrade from the aptitude UI, I got:
>
>Configuration file '/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'
> ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
>   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
>    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
>    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
>      D     : show the differences between the versions
>      Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
> The default action is to keep your current version.
>*** lightdm.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
>
>I typed 'D', then in the pager, I typed Ctrl-L to refresh.
>But this put aptitude and its descendents in background, and
>I got the shell prompt.

I cannot reproduce with these steps and also 0.7.1-1.


>zira:~> pstree -ap 29204
>bash,29204
>  └─aptitude,29206
>      ├─(dpkg,29277)
>      ├─dpkg,30424 --status-fd 76 --configure geoclue-2.0:amd64 ...
>      │   └─sh,30438 -c...
>      │       └─less,30440 -Lis
>      └─{aptitude},29491
>
>I had to kill the processes manually, then do "dpkg --configure -a".

Out of curiosity, what happens if you send SIGCONT instead of killing?


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>