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

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2016-09-05 at 10:21 +0200, Mathieu Parent wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> 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.

This (we/I have had a number of reports in various places) is due to
the very long NEWS entry, that causes the pager to trigger in
situations that most admins encounter rarely.  

As I understand it, actual unattended upgrades went fine, but anything
that wasn't using the exact right options (just want worked in recent
experience) got caught out. 

Andrew Bartlett

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