I've just noticed I have libreadline5 installed on misbehaving system (due to some dependencies) That's the only difference I can see right now. (correctly working EC2 instance only has libreadline6 installed)
$ dpkg -l *readline* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-================-================-================================================ un libreadline-comm <none> (no description available) un libreadline-ruby <none> (no description available) un libreadline4 <none> (no description available) ii libreadline5 5.2-11 GNU readline and history libraries, run-time lib ii libreadline6 6.2-8 GNU readline and history libraries, run-time lib un libterm-readline <none> (no description available) un libterm-readline <none> (no description available) ii readline-common 6.2-8 GNU readline and history libraries, common files un tclreadline <none> (no description available) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283309 Title: bash built-in read timeout (-t) doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1283309/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
