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"--timeout" option of command "dialog"

Asked by r0mulux

"--timeout" option of command "dialog" seems to be ignored on Ubuntu 22.04. It was working on Ubuntu 20.04.

Command example : dialog --timeout 2 --inputbox "test" 20 60

On Ubuntu 20.04: command exits after 2 seconds when no input is provided
On Ubuntu 22.04: command never exits.

Is it a bug or behavior has changed ?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for the following commands (to be executed in a terminal window):

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
apt policy dialog
which dialog
dialog --version

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r0mulux (r-marie) said : 		#2

root@ubuntu22-04:~# uname -a
lsb_release -crid
apt policy dialog
which dialog
dialog --version
Linux ubuntu22-04 5.4.0-150-generic #167-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 15 17:35:05 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
dialog:
  Installed: 1.3-20211214-1
  Candidate: 1.3-20211214-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3-20211214-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
/usr/bin/dialog
Version: 1.3-20211214

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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r0mulux (r-marie) said : 		#4

The problem is still here.

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r0mulux (r-marie) said : 		#6

The problem is still here.

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r0mulux (r-marie) said : 		#8

The problem is still here.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#9

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r0mulux (r-marie) said : 		#10

The problem is still here.

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