Re: Console deadlock & libports timeouts

2011-11-24 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:00:45 -0300, Diego Nieto Cid wrote: > Nonetheless, I'd like to document what's going on here. [...] Thanks for the very nice text -- I have now put it into the web pages, almost verbatim. (I did not check the console parts for factual correctness.) If you feel like

Re: Console deadlock & libports timeouts

2011-10-31 Thread Diego Nieto Cid
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:17:11PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Diego Nieto Cid, le Sun 30 Oct 2011 18:00:45 -0300, a écrit : > > Although I haven't tested it I beleive the patch sent as a reply should > > fix this problem. Could someone review it? > > Which reply? > Sorry, that was me double

Re: Console deadlock & libports timeouts

2011-10-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Sun 30 Oct 2011 22:17:11 +0100, a écrit : > Diego Nieto Cid, le Sun 30 Oct 2011 18:00:45 -0300, a écrit : > > Although I haven't tested it I beleive the patch sent as a reply should > > fix this problem. Could someone review it? > > Which reply? Oops, nevermind, it arrived in

Re: Console deadlock & libports timeouts

2011-10-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Diego Nieto Cid, le Sun 30 Oct 2011 18:00:45 -0300, a écrit : > Although I haven't tested it I beleive the patch sent as a reply should > fix this problem. Could someone review it? Which reply? Samuel

Console deadlock & libports timeouts

2011-10-30 Thread Diego Nieto Cid
Hi, Arch has been suffering from console lock-ups due to inactivity. The system remains active and it's usable through other means such as a SSH session. On the other hand, Debian has showed no such behavior. The different behaviors boil down to Debian's libports_stability[1] patch which is missi