terminal-handling regression leads to ugly build logs
Bug #1475718 reported by
Adam Conrad
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apt (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Vivid |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Since some time in vivid, apt's terminal handling changed to where (I assume) it's now passing a controlling terminal to dpkg which, in turn, means dpkg prints progress info when it didn't used to. This leads to log explosion with:
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
[...]
For comparison, see a utopic log without the bug:
And a vivid log with the bug:
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