On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:36:45 -0500 Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hazel Russman wrote: > > > I have now tried this out on all the systems I run on this machine. The > > results are as follows: > > OS Coreutils terminal result > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Debian 8.13 xterm exits > > Crux 8.24 xterm hangs > > LFS7.7 8.23 console exits > > LFS7.7 8.23 xterm hangs > > LFS7.7 8.24 console exits > > LFS7.7 8.24 xterm hangs > > LFS7.8 (chroot) 8.24 console exits > > LFS7.8 (chroot) 8.24 xterm hangs > > > > You can see that version 8.13 of coreutils does not have this bug. > > 8.23 and 8.24 both have it, but only when running in an xterm (and > > 8.23 did not have those tests so it wouldn't have shown up). Did you > > perhaps do your runs in a virtual console? > > I run almost everything over ssh, but I went to my development system > and ran it in both konsole and xterm on an xfce system and it worked > properly for me. > > Another wild guess -- a difference in kernel config? > > -- Bruce Well, it must have something to do with devices. It might be significant that Crux and LFS are the systems that have home-made kernels; the Debian one is stock. What settings should I be looking for? A whole kernel config file is a bit big to post. It would be interesting if a few other people could try this -- see if they agree with you or with me. Hazel -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
