Re: apt-get aborts in subshell with redirections on Debian 12
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 01:35:38PM +0900, John Crawley wrote:
> > 4) In a bash shell as root (e.g. "su" or "sudo -s"), do:
> >
> > errors=$(apt-get install mirage 2>&1 1>/dev/tty)
>
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `2'
>
> So bash as root has a problem with the redirection.
At this point I'm guessing you made a typo. Since you didn't show us
the command you typed, that's my official guess. Any alternative is
too far beyond belief.
> But this worked OK in the same root shell:
>
> exec 3>1
> errors=$( apt-get install mirage 2>&1 1>&3 )
> exec 3>&-
>
> If 'mirage' is replaced with 'mirag' then $errors holds the error message.
>
> So at least something is working!
Note your typo in the first exec command. You've got FD 3 redirected
to a file named '1', rather than dup-ing stdout.
> Maybe it is an issue with sudo?
According to Michael's discovery, yes.
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