Closed
Description
Bug report
Bug description:
I was experimenting with terminal types:
$ export TERM=dumb
$ python3
Python 3.13.0b1 (main, May 12 2024, 23:38:03) [GCC 13.2.1 20240316 (Red Hat 13.2.1-7)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
warning: can't use pyrepl: terminal doesn't have the required clear capability
>>> quit
Use quit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit
>>> quit()
Exception ignored in atexit callback <function register_readline.<locals>.write_history at 0x7f7204f537e0>:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen site>", line 530, in write_history
File "/home/duncan/py313inst/lib/python3.13/_pyrepl/readline.py", line 361, in write_history_file
history = self.get_reader().get_trimmed_history(maxlength)
File "/home/duncan/py313inst/lib/python3.13/_pyrepl/readline.py", line 277, in get_reader
console = UnixConsole(self.f_in, self.f_out, encoding=ENCODING)
File "/home/duncan/omni/py313inst/lib/python3.13/_pyrepl/unix_console.py", line 170, in __init__
self._clear = _my_getstr("clear")
File "/home/duncan/py313inst/lib/python3.13/_pyrepl/unix_console.py", line 163, in _my_getstr
raise InvalidTerminal(
_pyrepl.unix_console.InvalidTerminal: terminal doesn't have the required clear capability
It notices that the terminal is unsuitable, but then tries to use it on exit.
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Linked PRs
Metadata
Metadata
Assignees
Labels
bugs and security fixesbugs and security fixesRelated to the interactive shellRelated to the interactive shellAn unexpected behavior, bug, or errorAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error