The version of less from focal-proposed resolved the issue and I'm now
able to view the diff.
Configuration file '/etc/default/smartmontools'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** smartmontools (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d
--- /etc/default/smartmontools 2020-07-01 15:02:20.945403642 -0700
+++ /etc/default/smartmontools.dpkg-new 2019-10-09 17:32:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
# List of devices you want to explicitly enable S.M.A.R.T. for
# Not needed (and not recommended) if the device is monitored by smartd
#enable_smart="/dev/hda /dev/hdb"
-enable_smart="/dev/vda"
-# uncomment to start smartd on system startup
-#start_smartd=yes
# uncomment to pass additional options to smartd on startup
#smartd_opts="--interval=1800"
Configuration file '/etc/default/smartmontools'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** smartmontools (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? z
Useful environment variables:
- DPKG_SHELL_REASON
- DPKG_CONFFILE_OLD
- DPKG_CONFFILE_NEW
Type 'exit' when you're done.
root@clean-xenial-amd64:/# apt-cache policy less
less:
Installed: 551-1ubuntu0.1
Candidate: 551-1ubuntu0.1
Version table:
*** 551-1ubuntu0.1 500
500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
551-1 500
500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-focal
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Title:
dpkg: conffile difference visualizer subprocess returned error exit
status 127
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