Public bug reported: Running e. g. "/etc/init.d/networking status" runs a pager (less by default). This is unexpected from an init.d script, and potentially breaks scripts or CLI programs that do this operation, as this then hangs eternally in the interactive pager process until the user quits it. This reportedly happens with "vagrant up" (see original Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/765175).
SRU INFORMATION: Test case: Run "/etc/init.d/networking status". In current xenial this invokes less which you need to quit. With the proposed fix this should return to the shell immediately without a pager. Regression potential: very low. The main visible change is the interactive usage of "/etc/init.d/foo status", but nothing in Ubuntu (nor hopefully anywhere else) *relies* on the fact that systemctl invokes a pager, particularly as this is not always done (it depends on whether stdout is a terminal and how many lines are written). ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Committed ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: systemd (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #765175 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765175 ** Also affects: systemd (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765175 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576409 Title: calling init.d script with "status" invokes pager Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in systemd source package in Xenial: New Status in systemd package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: Running e. g. "/etc/init.d/networking status" runs a pager (less by default). This is unexpected from an init.d script, and potentially breaks scripts or CLI programs that do this operation, as this then hangs eternally in the interactive pager process until the user quits it. This reportedly happens with "vagrant up" (see original Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/765175). SRU INFORMATION: Test case: Run "/etc/init.d/networking status". In current xenial this invokes less which you need to quit. With the proposed fix this should return to the shell immediately without a pager. Regression potential: very low. The main visible change is the interactive usage of "/etc/init.d/foo status", but nothing in Ubuntu (nor hopefully anywhere else) *relies* on the fact that systemctl invokes a pager, particularly as this is not always done (it depends on whether stdout is a terminal and how many lines are written). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1576409/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp