On 2/27/20 3:53 AM, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Hi Russell, > > Russell Coker <russ...@coker.com.au> writes: > >> I just upgraded a Buster system to today's unstable and got the below. I >> think this should be regarded as a bug, but what is it a bug in? dpkg? >> >> Configuration file '/etc/smartd.conf' >> ==> 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. >> *** smartd.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? d >> sh: 1: pager: not found >> diff: standard output: Broken pipe >> dpkg: error processing package smartmontools (--configure): >> conffile difference visualizer subprocess returned error exit status 127 >> > > /usr/bin/pager should be a link to /etc/alternatives/pager, which should > then link to a pager. On a minimal installation this should point to > /bin/more, from util-linux. > > If I had to speculate, maybe /e/a/p is a broken link to something, and > maybe there's a bug in the package that provides that alternative pager? > > Anyways, if it's not an obvious bug then you'll almost certainly be > asked to provide steps to reproduce. > > Best, > Nicholas
Hi, I don't agree there's any bug here. The user asked to show a diff, without a pager installed. IMO the issue is between the chair and keyboard, not in Debian. Besides this, in non-interactive mode, it would just work. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
