verbose works locally but not in remote ssh session...even with same .hgrc settings...What could cause problem?

[Christian Seberino]

I have the same Ubuntu Linux 14.04 set up locally and remotely.  I have 
the same Mercurial version
and same $HOME/.hgrc.

I cloned the same repo on both machines.  Both copies of the same repo 
have the same .hg/hgrc which
just sets default path.

Yet verbose hg log doesn't work automatically on remote machine unless I 
explicitly provide -v switch..."hg log -v".

Here is my .hgrc...

[ui]

username = <REDACTED>
editor   = emacsclient
verbose  = True
ssh      = ssh -C

[extensions]

color    =
histedit =
mq       =
pager    =
progress =

[color]

status.modified = magenta
status.unknown  = cyan

[pager]

pager = LESS='FRX' less

[alias]

log    = log -v
pull   = pull -u
revert = revert --no-backup