Control: reaasign -1 apt-listchanges Control: found -1 2.85.13+nmu1 2016-09-05 11:34 GMT+02:00 Andrew Bartlett <abart...@samba.org>: > 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 <feaum...@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.
Then,it looks like a bug in apt-listchanges. Eugene, can you confirm that you have apt-listchanges installed? Regards -- Mathieu Parent