I have systemd 229-4ubuntu5 from xenial-proposed installed, and "/etc/init.d/networking status" now does not invoke a pager any more.
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- 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: Fix Committed Status in systemd package in Debian: Fix Committed 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
