Bug 641568

Summary:	dev-util/meld-3.18.0 appears to hold ssh connection after closing, sometimes fails to start from cfg-update
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Phil Stracchino (Unix Ronin) <phils>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Phil Stracchino (Unix Ronin) 2017-12-18 13:51:19 UTC

If I ssh to another of my Gentoo boxes and run, then close, dev-util/meld, the ssh connection is held open after meld closes as though there were still a window open.  When I exit the shell, the ssh connection stays running until I Ctrl-C out of it.

Additionally, I have noticed that when running cfg-update on one of the two remote Gentoo boxes via ssh, cfg-update cannot start meld until I have started it manually once from the command line myself.  I think this only happens the first time after a reboot, but I'm not certain.

These two anomalies may be related.

Comment 1 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2017-12-18 14:16:26 UTC

Thank you for your report. To me it sounds like 
a bug in the software provided upstream or a misconfiguration in your system [3].
Does the same source work for you on another distribution?
If it works on other distributions, but not on Gentoo Linux, I suggest to discuss this problem 
on a related mailing list, forum or IRC channel. I have had very good experience on the 
Gentoo IRC [1], of course there are also forums and mailing lists. [2]

I will close this bug here, because I do not see a relation to the gentoo ebuild or the way 
Gentoo handles this special software package. Please provide more information, if I am wrong.

[1] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/irc-channels/
[2] https://www.gentoo.org/support/
[3] look up the upstream forums search in their bugtracker