Control: tag -1 - patch On 3 May 2025 10:21:35 CEST, Antoine Le Gonidec <deb...@vv221.fr> wrote: >Package: apt >Version: 3.0.1 >Severity: normal >Tags: patch > >apt 2.9.35, and more specifically commit 805ddd0ac, broke long lines >display when using less as a pager. Instead of being warped on end of >line, anything going beyond the screen limit is hidden. > >The following commands illustrate the problem (check the Dependencies field): >current behaviour: LESS=FRSXMK apt show mono-devel/trixie >expected behaviour: LESS=FRXMK apt show mono-devel/trixie > >According to commit 805ddd0ac, the -S option was added to disable the >terminal bell. But this is not what it does, cf. less(1): >> -S or --chop-long-lines >> Causes lines longer than the screen width to be chopped (truncated) rather >> than wrapped. That is, the portion of a long line that does not fit in the >> screen width is not displayed until you press RIGHT-ARROW. The default is to >> wrap long lines; that is, display the remainder on the next line. See also >> the --wordwrap option. > >The attached patch restores the expected behaviour. It does not fully >revert commit 805ddd0ac, but only drops the -S option that was most >probably added by mistake.
That's discussed in <https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/470#note_609281> >-- None of the reportbug crap is relevant here, why even submit it? This is really painful to edit out when not on a proper mail client. -- sent from my phone, excuse the brevity, if any
