Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Policy does not really specify how to handle $PAGER and its friends, > but I have always assumed that it was OK for a package to do things > like (error checking omitted for clarity): ... > In that case, PAGER has to be set to just the name of a program, with > no parameters or metacharacters embedded.
I don't think this agrees very well with historical practice though -- I've had PAGER set to something like "less -s" for _decades_, and never had any problems, on more unix variants than I care to think about... If a program doesn't allow this, I think it's buggy. If debian specifies PAGER more exactly, the specification should _at least_ allow for space-separated options and require PATH searching. -Miles -- Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
