Ubuntu
bash package

console freezes as root when executing update script

Bug #299670 reported by HugoHirsch
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: bash

System is an intrepid with all updates, Amilo XI 2428

In Bash I do execute the following script as root:

root@shoshin:/home/hirsch/Desktop# which emerge
/root/bin/emerge
root@shoshin:/home/hirsch/Desktop# cat /root/bin/emerge
echo "Update startet..."
aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade
root@shoshin:/home/hirsch/Desktop# ls -al /root/bin/emerge
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 66 2008-10-18 20:36 /root/bin/emerge

If I switch from graphical interface to a text console, log in as root and run emerge I do not see the "Update startet..." but the console freezes and I need to kill it via htop.

If I check the hanging console with htop no aptitude is started, but a hanging:
 sbin/init
 -- /bin/login

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HugoHirsch (ubuntubugs-aiki-it) wrote :

Workaround is to define an alias in .bashrc
alias emerge="aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade"
instead of a script.

This is as slow as before but doesn't kill the console.

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