Bug 447098

Summary: pkcon update overwrites info on terminal
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma-pk-updates Reporter: amitabh.piyush
Component: generalAssignee: Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: kde, sitter
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: terminal screenshot showing overwriting of text, after giving the user prompt 'y'.

Description amitabh.piyush 2021-12-16 22:36:49 UTC
Created attachment 144615 [details]
terminal screenshot showing overwriting of text, after giving the user prompt 'y'.

SUMMARY
Running `pkcon update` in terminal overwrites lines instead of displaying information in a new line. See screeshot attached.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. run pkcon update in terminal

OBSERVED RESULT
1. New information loads in lines already displayed. 
2. Also 'pkcon' never stops running but this bug is already reported elsewhere.

EXPECTED RESULT
1. New information should be displayed in new line.
2. pkcon should run successfully.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon 5.23 User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.89.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2021-12-17 10:41:30 UTC
pkcon is part of packagekit, it's bugs are tracked here: https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/issues
Comment 2 amitabh.piyush 2021-12-19 00:05:24 UTC
Thanks, will report there.
Comment 3 Nik Nikovsky 2025-08-29 14:00:20 UTC
*** Bug 491485 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***