Pretty annoying, see the attached ChangeLog and resulting output. less -L or unsetting LESSOPEN makes less behave. Steps to reproduce: 1. # less ChangeLog 2. WTF?!
Created attachment 94938 [details] ChangeLog that triggers the issue
Created attachment 94939 [details] less ChangeLog output
no, less is functioning perfectly ... blame Jose, he corrupted the changelog $ file ChangeLog ChangeLog: data the 16 May 2005 entry is just completely broken
fixed the wrong changelog entry.