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. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Samba Developer, Catalyst IT http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba
