Bug#960442: apt-listbugs: after Ctrl-C apt fails exit 2 even though apt-listbugs exit 0

Francesco Poli <[email protected]> Sat, 3 Jan 2026 00:07:19 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.apt.devel
Message-ID	<20260103000719.173fa31dc44d70b3795e8572__21922.7635114052$1767395972$gmane$org@paranoici.org>

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:06:52 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

> On Wed, 13 May 2020 22:48:39 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > On Tue, 12 May 2020 18:24:47 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:
> [...]
> > Dear APT Development Team,
> > I received a [new bug] report for apt-listbugs about the behavior after
> > Ctrl+C.
> > 
> > [new bug]: <https://bugs.debian.org/960442>
> > 
> > The described behavior seems to be consistent with the current
> > [incarnation] of bug [#832593].
> > 
> > [incarnation]: <https://bugs.debian.org/832593#48>
> > [#832593]: <https://bugs.debian.org/832593>
> > 
> > Do I understand correctly that the patch mentioned in [message #85] has
> > not been applied to apt yet?
> > Could you please explain why?
> > 
> > [message #85]: <https://bugs.debian.org/832593#85>
> > 
> > I am going to merge this [new bug] with [#832593].
> 
> Dear APT Development Team,
> the following command produces an empty output:
> 
>   $ apt-config dump | grep Dir::Bin:sh
> 
> I have:
> 
>   $ apt --version
>   apt 2.9.8 (amd64)
> 
> Do I understand correctly that the patch mentioned 8 years ago in
> [message #85] has not been applied to apt yet?
> Could you please explain why?
> 
> I still see the problematic behaviour when [Ctrl+C] during the
> apt-listbugs hook...
> I would really love to see this bug solved once and for all.
> 
> Thanks for your time.

Dear APT Development Team,
I still hear from users that experience the problematic behavior when
[Ctrl+C] is pressed during the apt-listbugs hook...

May I get some news about the patch mentioned more than 9 years ago?

Please let me know.
Thanks for your time and understanding.


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