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Date:      Tue, 04 May 1999 16:54:33 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Studded <Studded@gorean.org>
Cc:        Steve Price <steve@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/mergemaster/patches patch-aa 
Message-ID:  <199905041454.QAA12976@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Tue, 04 May 1999 07:43:42 MST." <372F079E.566806DD@gorean.org> 
References:  <199905030229.TAA79427@freefall.freebsd.org> <372E005C.295DC0D1@gorean.org> <199905032046.WAA08157@greenpeace.grondar.za>   <372F079E.566806DD@gorean.org> 

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Studded wrote:
> > I dunno - PAGER=less is a very common setting
> 
> 	Just because it's common doesn't mean it's right. telnet'ing to a
> machine as root is common too, and freebsd comes with that ability
> switched off. 

Ok - it's your app, no problem.

> > and this app breaks it.
> 
> 	My application doesn't break your PAGER variable. If you fail to put
> the complete path to less in your PAGER variable, it fails to work.
> That's very different. 

Let me repharase; your app breaks an extremely common convention. I don't
want to get religious over this. Can we drop it before it develops into
a flame-fest? :-)

>                                Therefore I renew my request to have this
> patch removed.

No problem.

M
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