Indeed, I do have apt-listchanges installed, version 2.85.13+nmu1. Thank you
On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Mathieu Parent <math.par...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
