Re: ports-mgmt/portconfig surprize

From: Kyle Evans <kevans_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:03:41 UTC
On 1/4/24 17:35, Peter wrote:
> Folks,
> 
>    somebody got the idea to replace the dialog4ports options
> configuring interface by something named 'ports-mgmt/portconfig'.
> (And they did not even find it worth mentioning this in the
> UPGRADING file.)
> 
> Now this one looks terrible, the screen is garbled, and it is
> quite unintellegible which line is currently entered.
> See pictures here (old and new):
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/2024q1-portbuild-trouble.91770/post-636816
> 
> What is happening:
> I am starting a shell script. That fires up a bhyve. In the bhyve 'make'
> is run with stdio connected to the second COM.
> In the script on the host, bhyve is put in background, 'cu' is started
> and connected to that second COM. There the dialog appears.
> Since the script on the host is run from remote, it is run within
> tmux.
> Point is: it did work before.
> 
> disappointed,
> PMc
> 

Bug reports are generally more productive than complaining to a largely 
unrelated mailing list.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans