Control: tag -1 moreinfo 2016-09-03 6:05 GMT+02:00 F. Eugene Aumson <[email protected]>: > 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

