[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#836433: Bug#836433: samba: install "hangs", synaptic more details reveals pager prompt

[Mathieu Parent]

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2016-09-03 6:05 GMT+02:00 F. Eugene Aumson <feaumson at gmail.com>:
> Subject: samba: install "hangs", synaptic more details reveals pager prompt
> Source: samba
> Version: 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,

Hello,

> in synaptic package manager, i did "reload", then "mark all upgrades", then
> "apply".
>
> then i waited.  and waited.  and waited.  synaptic was taking forever to
> "apply changes".  i waited at least 20 minutes, probably 30.
>
> then i thought "surely something is wrong," so i clicked the "show more
> details" thing in the dialog box, and the install was clearly just sitting
> still.
>
> eventually i noticed the ":" prompt at the bottom of the "screen", and
> realized that it was sitting in a pager.  i hit 'q' and the install marched
> onward.
>
> i expected that the install of the package could proceed withouth manual
> intervention

Can you give more info? I don't see any invocation of less,more, or
pager in samba.

Unfortunately, this is too late, but having the list of processes
during the problem would have helped.

Regards

-- 
Mathieu