This is all expected. PAGER (or the more specific APT_PAGER) behaves as follows:
- If the variable is unset, the default pager is used (/usr/bin/pager) - If the variable is set to "cat" or nothing, no pager is used. - For other values, that value is used as the pager So with PAGER unset, you got the default pager. When you ran `PAGER= apt show package`, you set PAGER to the empty string, and hence paging got disabled. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2103921 Title: APT doesn't respect pager's configuration with apt show To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2103921/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
