Is printing to the console just generally broken in 18.5 regardless of Python version?

I'm using Python 2.7.15 on Linux in Houdini 18.5.408 and I can't get Python to print to the console.

A standard print command doesn't work, nor does flush=True as a print flag, nor does calling sys.stdout.flush() after the print command.

I've seen references to issues with Py3, but wondering if it's broken for the 2.7 libs as well...

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It works here. Manjaro Linux, Houdini 18.5.426 Py3

Of course, I'm running Houdini directly from that console, otherwise it won't show print messages there if ran from start menu for example.