Sticky portmaster updates

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 4 May 2017, Paul Macdonald wrote:

>
> I've noticed recently that on updating ports the update will stick on shell 
> until return is hit a few times, at which point update continues
>
> this is a scripted update but essentially just portmaster -a
>
> ps auxd shows no processes under portmaster
>
> this is all on FBSD11, amd64 and i'm seeing on several boxes
>
> anyone else seeing this or have any suggestions?

I have not seen this, but it sounds like something waiting for 
interactive input.  That could be something due to the particular shell, 
terminal, or script.