[Aptitude-devel] aptitude: close failed in file object destructor: sys.excepthook is missing lost sys.stderr

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Paul,

Paul Wise wrote:
> Whenever I open the aptitude curses UI and press ggq (go, go, quit) in
> quick succession, I get this output spewed over the terminal with black
> text and white background where the text is.
> 
> close failed in file object destructor:
>                                        sys.excepthook is missing
>                                                                 lost sys.stderr
> 

Interesting. I wasn't able to reproduce any unexpected behaviour when
pressing ggq either manually as fast as I can or _really_ quick by
pasting it.

> I assume this is caused by one of the apt hooks I have installed.
> Is there any way for apt/aptitude to tell me which hook this is?

No idea, sorry. David?

> Should aptitude suppress output from hooks when the UI is open?

I wonder why such hooks are run while the UI ist still open. Can't
imagine how this should be possible.

		Regards, Axel
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