Bug 28987 – Mysql fails to emerge when logged in via serial console

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Brandon Black 2003-09-17 09:03:53 UTC]

MySQL 4.x (4.0.13-r3 and 4.0.14-r4 confirmed).
Running: "emerge -u mysql" works fine from a remote login, such as an ssh
terminal.  Running the same command from a serial console, the emerge hangs
indefinitely.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mysql from ssh remote login - works fine
2. emerge mysql from a serial console - hangs
3.

Actual Results:  
pion root# emerge -u mysql
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) dev-db/mysql-4.0.13-r4 to /
<--------- Hangs here, no further output ----------->

Expected Results:  
Expected emerge to download and compile mysql.

See my forum post from a while back at
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=78658 for a few basic details on the
nature of the problem.  The bug most likely lies either in the mysql ebuild file
or in portage itself.

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-09-17 13:09:45 UTC]

I'm gonna guess portage issue

[Comment 2 Hallgrimur Gunnarsson (RETIRED) 2003-09-19 08:12:57 UTC]

I don't have a serial console, so I cant
reproduce it. There were some permission issues
with /dev/stdout, check out bugs #27306 and #25472.

[Comment 3 Brandon Black 2003-09-19 10:22:04 UTC]

Yes, I highly suspect this is another variant of the "tty -quiet" bug mentioned in  those two other bug reports.

[Comment 4 Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) 2003-12-24 16:34:58 UTC]

If it was related, it should be fixed.
Reopen if it isn't.