Austyg wrote: > Thanks to all for good clues. > v451 of "less" is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different from either POSIX regular expressions or PCRE (perl compatible regular expressions) both of which are already supported by less? > Since the "to do" section of http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html says: > > "A new upstream version is available: 451, you should consider packaging it." That is the automated standard display when the Debian watchfile has detected a newer version upstream. > It looks like it will eventually move through "unstable", and next > iteration of "testing". I'll keep an eye open for it. > I'll try the back-ports route if my need becomes pressing. Remember that for it to be a candidate for Backports then it must have appeared in Unstable first and have migrated to Testing. Otherwise it isn't a candidate for Backports. Bob
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