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graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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shell disappears when makepkg needs a dependency or fails

Basically, when makepkg fails to build a package for whatever reason, the cursor/all user input from the shell simply "disappears" -- it is still there, just invisible!  The only fix is to exit the shell and open a new window.

Example:

$ makepkg -sf
==> Making package: torrent-search 0.8.1-2 (Sat Aug 14 07:02:38 EDT 2010)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
Password: 
==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting...
<<<I start typing here but none of my text is echoed in the shell.>>>
<<<I typed head PKGBUILD and then hit ENTER and head worked, but again, I can't see anything that I'm typing>>>

Can anyone else confirm this on their machine?  I have verified it on two different Arch boxes.

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Allan

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Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: shell disappears when makepkg needs a dependency or fails

I have seen this, and have a suspicion that it got fixed in git...  I think pacman-3.4.1 will be out soon, so please file a bug if it is still present then.

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graysky

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Re: shell disappears when makepkg needs a dependency or fails

Can do, thanks for the reply.

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