From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Wed Dec 6 22:53:52 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC43E8EFDA; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 22:53:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22c.google.com (mail-lf0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CFC76692C; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 22:53:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id x20so6075711lff.1; Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:53:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=4WXC7h69CzMO1gwH2Rw5KbMmhC4SIBd3aGKANq5T/9Y=; b=u86CjR2RyZwFDjw/ZONYFRn/0kmOCHIbZzE/NKYdsjx7KaDMdWbRFfKaCVihMvAdOM TYPChf3ZqNCpgvKrYKbdj5RuJvFf8x1HHbqGM4DHjEgqC3OmNs1qo4fiGG3sR7RqTwNo ZEZfgtzJT/UzM6c7YjjzxGpmO9eNLscxbFzFnsiw5Y0g4y8sVhN8MpHnnYHHpGKEzOQJ vaPvB8Ia/1uSHivFORLV2N/0Ak3YtIb+8jgvaPDtJJuvIIR8/FAHdfKmZB+yalKxxoaX a0lGFK1DzBXTh+s7B9MRww2eNYz3BBv/Y7U+gnMJgesZ304zf5meACS8mJQZ3oSEM4Wt gqBA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4WXC7h69CzMO1gwH2Rw5KbMmhC4SIBd3aGKANq5T/9Y=; b=Kq37Rx+injsY9v42xEa6AUiDe9jHw/eEJeYzeRjmgQEPmZ+cumq/GH56D/tKL7jWwC tr03ibjPBW5B4uJYcN7FhVV1ln4DEsGMYG/APgH3R4OzkSFqrKam5QDwoLyCjP+IowCh /OMMAd6nc5Y9OcRNPPU3g2D33WxjGB2gRRFpEtwvUWJihpWVx/uj/JEZeGNdkBFRyYwX dUaCdVC83XfizRe/t9RRl91d8aHVclvfxpWjfX2xJAUjAGm+ZuxIy7h14XnUqHZWTZ4R I/TyyPu+q/Ys/EtLM6iMzuw0MvNakQExJ2S9cGuVZ7zmQZKlwoLm7QYPlAoVWhZF0HRI 9fPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX6KHcoa3xGTMvlCZbxrSHRrtVVgQ7qWjTDT/T4uA3XSAVNBBf0n 6ZQ1EyRGeWu4oJAhoWnwDL9qZsnkBmujr77lOlQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMbbDEmW4tflTzEVzUMY8MOiHdoNJhxHo+VYilQR9fGG1ZTbOPP4rixW8WONz8KU5Pcb/uGBy4aLdKp3TcbJhi8= X-Received: by 10.25.27.18 with SMTP id b18mr10885802lfb.177.1512600824619; Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:53:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: asomers@gmail.com Received: by 10.179.76.19 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:53:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201712062235.vB6MZlQv034650@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> References: <620CD9B7-201A-46FD-8C9D-DD8DDA3A05C3@meetlost.com> <201712062204.vB6M4B03026339@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <201712062235.vB6MZlQv034650@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> From: Alan Somers Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 15:53:44 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Nytb_VP6cwKrILV9mWvqZO4iNwg Message-ID: Subject: Re: Strange behavior about pattern matching on manual pages [FIXED] To: Jamie Landeg-Jones Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD CURRENT , by@meetlost.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:53:52 -0000 On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Jamie Landeg-Jones wrote: > Alan Somers wrote: > > > How about just setting MANPAGER=less in your environment? > > Because some of us prefer "more"? > > And as I said, it's related to searching using the more(1) command > generally. > > I was under the impression that fixing bugs in existing commands was a > better > solution than telling someone to simply use something else. > Yes, it certainly is. Are you sure this is actually a bug in less, or is it just weird-but-intended behavior when less is emulating some old version of more? It would be worth comparing our less sources to upstream's to see what differences have crept in, and svn blaming them to see why. -Alan