Debian bug report logs - #1070 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1070: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands Reply-To: Roy Bixler , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: Roy Bixler Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: mailx X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 063018123020797; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:12:31 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sRkXI-0006CNC; Fri, 30 Jun 95 11:11 PDT Received: from huitzilo.tezcat.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27865 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:09:57 -0700 Received: (from royb@localhost) by huitzilo.tezcat.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA28602 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:10:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:10:28 -0500 From: Roy Bixler Message-Id: <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: mailx Version: 8.1-4 Sometimes when 'mail' invokes an external command such as 'emacs' for editing or 'less' for message viewing, it hangs after the external command is finished. The only way to get control back is to hit Control-Z, issue a 'kill' from the shell on the 'mail' command and try again. I have never seen these commands hang like this in any other context, so I believe it is 'mail' which is hung. I am using Debian 0.93 R5, Linux v. 1.2.11 and libc 4.6.27. Here is a copy of my .mailrc file: set crt=23 set indentprefix=> Roy royb@tezcat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Roy Bixler Subject: Bug#1070: Acknowledgement (was: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands) In-Reply-To: <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> References: <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1070" or "Re: Bug#1070" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) In-Reply-To: <199510310020.BAA22285@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> References: <199510310020.BAA22285@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> Subject: Bug#1070: marked as done (was: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands) Your message dated Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:20:05 +0100 with message-id <199510310020.BAA22285@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> and subject line Bug#1070: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 063018123020797; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:12:31 GMT From tezcat.com!royb Fri Jun 30 11:11:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sRkXI-0006CNC; Fri, 30 Jun 95 11:11 PDT Received: from huitzilo.tezcat.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27865 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:09:57 -0700 Received: (from royb@localhost) by huitzilo.tezcat.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA28602 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:10:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:10:28 -0500 From: Roy Bixler Message-Id: <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands Package: mailx Version: 8.1-4 Sometimes when 'mail' invokes an external command such as 'emacs' for editing or 'less' for message viewing, it hangs after the external command is finished. The only way to get control back is to hit Control-Z, issue a 'kill' from the shell on the 'mail' command and try again. I have never seen these commands hang like this in any other context, so I believe it is 'mail' which is hung. I am using Debian 0.93 R5, Linux v. 1.2.11 and libc 4.6.27. Here is a copy of my .mailrc file: set crt=23 set indentprefix=> Roy royb@tezcat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Roy Bixler Subject: Bug#1070 acknowledged by developer (was: 'mail' command hangs after returning from external commands) References: <199510310020.BAA22285@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> In-Reply-To: <199506301810.NAA28602@huitzilo.tezcat.com> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov