Bug 554722

Summary:	sys-apps/less: show information message only first time it's installed
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Pacho Ramos <pacho>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	440214

Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2015-07-13 09:41:29 UTC

Currently, every time less is rebuild or updated I get this:
LOG: postinst
lesspipe offers colorization options.  Run 'lesspipe -h' for info.

But I think it would be better to only show it the first time the package is installed as, after that, we already know that information and it is not useful anymore (you can use readme.gentoo.eclass or REPLACED_VERSIONS for that)

Thanks a lot

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-07-13 10:13:02 UTC

trying to do output for first install doesn't work for packages in stage3.  effectively no one sees them ;).

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2015-07-13 18:52:03 UTC

Ah, right :S

Are you sure is so important to tell people to run "lesspipe -h" then? :/ Well, in general when I wonder about how to use a tool I try to run their "--help" option or look to their manpage :|

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-04-06 22:06:56 UTC

this has been fixed w/483-r1+ by virtue of moving the colorization support to an external package.  and as you said, people can still somewhat discover this via running `lesspipe --help` themselves.