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Date:      Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:55:37 +0000
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 68125692efac - stable/15 - lesspipe: Allow zstd to operate on a symlink
Message-ID:  <69aa17f9.1802c.6010194f@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/15 has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=68125692efacbce537e14ba16ecedff750cccc36

commit 68125692efacbce537e14ba16ecedff750cccc36
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-04 16:56:37 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-05 23:55:24 +0000

    lesspipe: Allow zstd to operate on a symlink
    
    By default zstd refuses to operate on symlinks, so for example
    `zless /var/crash/vmcore.last.zst` failed to view the uncompressed core
    file.  Add -f to the zstd command line to allow operation on symlinks.
    
    Reviewed by:    delphij
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55101
    
    (cherry picked from commit b4305c90a3be7e1a40b76545b8b761fdbda5c309)
---
 usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
index 253914b8b3ee..6fc6cc471638 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/less/lesspipe.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		exec lzma -d -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*.zst)
-		exec zstd -d -q -c "$1"	2>/dev/null
+		exec zstd -d -q -c -f "$1"	2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*)	exec cat "$1"		2>/dev/null
 		;;


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