[Error] First container run hangs

[bmacphail]

An issue was previously closed about this, but the issue appears to have regressed: #1382

Describe the bug
Distrobox enter hangs. Upon using Ctrl-C to cancel, the following error is returned:

/usr/bin/distrobox-enter: line 680: /home/<user>/.cache/distrobox/.ubuntu-20-04.fifo: No such file or directory

To Reproduce

1. Create a new Fedora 40 container in an openSUSE Tumbleweed host (in my case), and attempt to enter it. Using distrobox version 1.7.2.1-11 from the distro repo.

Expected behavior
The container runs.

The fix I was able to implement on my system is the same as in the issue linked above: modify line 624 of distrobox-enter to the following:

log_timestamp="$(date +%FT%TZ)"

Creating this issue so that the problem gets tracked and fixed.

[tifasoftware]

I am also having this issue

[tifasoftware]

That hot-fix also fixed the issue too. I will fork this and start a PR.

[tifasoftware]

I tested distrobox-git on AUR, and it looks like the issue's been fixed.

[89luca89]

Hi @bmacphail I need more context for this
Docker or podman?

I'm not able to reproduce your issue with either of those, on TW, Fedora and Ubuntu hosts

[TacoCake]

Hi @bmacphail I need more context for this Docker or podman?

I'm not able to reproduce your issue with either of those, on TW, Fedora and Ubuntu hosts

For me it's happening with Docker.

Though I have not tried to compile it from source, @tifasoftware says it's fixed already. Perhaps it's time for a new release?

[89luca89]

Probably yes! There will be one soon

[89luca89]

Can you try with the git version so I can be sure this is fixed?

[TacoCake]

Can you try with the git version so I can be sure this is fixed?

Just tried the latest commit, works correctly without hanging 🎉

[89luca89]

Perfect! Closing this, the new release will be following soon 🎉