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Re: base-files 1.6 (source all) uploaded to master



On Sat, Feb 07, 1998 at 10:43:27PM +0000, James Troup wrote:
> [ Moved to debian-devel ]
> 
> Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Now when are we going to make PAGER=less the default?
> 
> How would that work when `more' is Essential and `less' is only an
> optional package?

less, more and most packages now uses update-alternatives to install
/usr/bin/pager.
Just change the default in your application from "more" to "pager";
man-db does it already.

You don't need the var PAGER anymore.

fab
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