Re: apt show escape characters

[Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net>]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2025 at 06:05:36AM +0000, Kraus, Sebastian wrote:
> Dear Mike:
>
> you are a "victim" of this patch:
>
> apt (2.9.35) unstable; urgency=medium
>
>   * Respect custom LESS/MORE/LV variables (LP: #2103921)
>   * solver3: Correctly deb822-escape error message in evaluation report
>     (LP: #2104276)
>   * pager: Also set SMK in LESS, fix LV=C to be LV=-c (LP: #2104280)
>
>  -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:52:21 +0100
>
>
> See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2103921 .
>
>
> In order to avoid the issue, you may use
>
> apt-cache show <package_name>
>
> instead, if possible within your workflow.
>
>
> Regards
> Sebastian
>
> ________________________
>
> Dipl.-Chem.
> Sebastian Kraus
>
> Email: sebastian.kraus@tu-berlin.de

Thanks for that link.
If I understood, 'apt show ...' was ignoring my LESS settings and is
no longer.
Danke,
Mike
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