On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 12:05:48AM -0400, F. Eugene Aumson wrote: > Subject: samba: install "hangs", synaptic more details reveals pager prompt > Source: samba > Version: 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > 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
Samba uses debconf for any configuration questions; its maintainer scripts are not interactive. What suggested this was caused by the Samba package?
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