Re: misc/56223: Compilation as root for various pkgsrc packages screws up the console

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/56223; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/56223: Compilation as root for various pkgsrc packages
 screws up the console
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 16:34:14 +0000

 On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:25:00PM +0000, davshao%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > When in console as root on various machines, such as one with an
  > Intel Ivy Bridge integrated graphics or one with a CAICO AMD Radeon
  > graphics card, simply doing something like
  > 
  > cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/cwrappers
  > make clean && make replace package clean
  > cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest
  > make clean && make replace package clean
  > cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/gmake
  > make clean && make replace package clean
  > 
  > in the make portion of gmake causes characters to stop being
  > displayed on the console.  This is not observed if building in
  > native or modular xorg or building while ssh-ing.  The command
  > appears to finish.
 
 (a) [you know this] don't build as root (though if it's specific to
 being root vs. just being on the console that would be interesting
 info)
 
 (b) is it not displaying or is the console wedged? e.g. after it
 finishes, if you type ^G, does it beep? can you start other commands
 by typing blind?
 
 (c) is it repeatable and is there a specific package it's linked to,
 or is it e.g. the result of scrolling a lot or too quickly? Might be
 interesting to check if e.g. uuencode /netbsd /netbsd and letting that
 scroll triggers it.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost