[Bug 476929] New: make 'less' less surprising
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476929 Summary: make 'less' less surprising Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: puzel@novell.com ReportedBy: mvancura@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: L3 'less' utility is defined as a pager. It shall show the real content of the file and worry about non-printable characters only. however, in SUSE distros, as LESSOPEN environment variable is set by default, the surprising behavior of 'less' can be seen: showing a "resulting text" instead of the real PS or PDF document etc. As 'less' is one of the base utils on the system, the default behavior must be non-surprising and any magic power is to be set by the user (so he/she will know and care about it or doesn't turn it on at all, according to his/her decision). The current setup is also a difference to the UN*X systems so sysadmins of that systems aren't happy if SUSE Linux behaves different without any prior warning. AFAIK all SUSE distros are affected. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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