Bug 501886 – sys-apps/portage: Better default for less-opts= in dispatch-conf.conf

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Marc Schiffbauer 2014-02-20 12:21:06 UTC]

To increase usability of dispatch-conf the default values for less-opts= should be slightly changed:

from:
less-opts="--no-init --QUIT-AT-EOF"

to:
less-opts="--no-init --quit-if-one-screen"

This still lets less quit if the diff fits onto the screen, but will PREVENT less from quitting only because you reach EOF.

I saw new dispatch-conf users finding the current default behavior strange because you cannot predict when you will reach EOF and it will quit when you do not want it to do. When using less you expcect being able to scroll up all the time while inspecting the current diff.

Thoughts?

[Comment 1 Marc Schiffbauer 2015-03-10 01:21:19 UTC]

Ping? PLease as wontfix if you think this is a bad idea... ;)

[Comment 2 Zac Medico 2015-03-10 16:27:49 UTC]

There's a patch in the following branch:

    https://github.com/zmedico/portage/tree/bug_501886

I've posted it for review here:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.portage.devel/5328

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2015-03-10 17:53:49 UTC]

This is in the master branch now:

https://github.com/gentoo/portage/commit/ff3c131aeee6f053a6f9a706c1f1be279696c957

[Comment 4 Marc Schiffbauer 2015-09-18 22:34:58 UTC]

In released portage now. Thanks!