Bug 1196

Summary:	etc-update: default option for less loses some diff output
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ian Smith <13th.floor>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) <karltk>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ian Smith 2002-03-17 08:18:00 UTC

the default less (pager for diff) option in /usr/sbin/etc-update , -E, causes
less to exit when there is less than a screenful of output.  This is a frequent
occurrence.

I always remove the -E option.  Others might suspect that etc-update is broken!

Comment 1 Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-18 15:52:33 UTC

Changed default in latest revision.