Debian Bug report logs - #602158
less: fails when run in a ssh session

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: less: fails when run in a ssh session

Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:42:00 -0700

Package: less
Version: 436-1
Severity: normal


 [5]matica:~$ ssh -t localhost less /etc/passwd
There is no -' option ("less --help" for help)
Connection to localhost closed.

and also:

 [1]matica:~$ ssh localhost
Linux matica 2.6.35.7-core2-ii #1 SMP Thu Sep 30 19:27:02 PDT 2010 i686

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Last login: Mon Nov  1 20:26:47 2010 from localhost
 [1]matica:~$ less /etc/passwd
There is no -' option ("less --help" for help)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.7-core2-ii (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages less depends on:
ii  debianutils            3.4               Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libncurses5            5.7+20100313-4    shared libraries for terminal hand

less recommends no packages.

less suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 602158@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Yoshio Nakamura <gnufreedom100@gmail.com>

To: Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>

Cc: 602158@bugs.debian.org

Subject: less: fails when run in a ssh session - query

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:01:20 -0800

> [1]matica:~$ less /etc/passwd
>  There is no -' option ("less --help" for help)

This works fine for me, I'm also using version 436-1 (Squeeze Testing).
I'm using libc6 version 2.11.2-7, which is newer than yours.

What are the contents of your LESS env variable?  Do you have any
other LESSxxx variables set?

Yoshio

Message #15 received at 602158@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>

To: Yoshio Nakamura <gnufreedom100@gmail.com>

Cc: 602158@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: less: fails when run in a ssh session - query

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:50:18 -0800

>> [1]matica:~$ less /etc/passwd There is no -' option ("less --help"
>> for help)

Yoshio> This works fine for me, I'm also using version 436-1 (Squeeze
Yoshio> Testing).  I'm using libc6 version 2.11.2-7, which is newer than
Yoshio> yours.

It works for me too, now.  And I have the newer libc.

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Message #20 received at 602158-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>

To: 602158-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#602158: less: fails when run in a ssh session - query

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:14:17 +1100

Version: 436-1

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 03:50:18PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>
>>>[1]matica:~$ less /etc/passwd There is no -' option ("less --help"
>>>for help)
>
>Yoshio>This works fine for me, I'm also using version 436-1 (Squeeze
>Yoshio>Testing).  I'm using libc6 version 2.11.2-7, which is newer than
>Yoshio>yours.
>
>It works for me too, now.  And I have the newer libc.
>
>-- 
>Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>
>gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD 
>fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5  BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61AD
>Ham is for reading, not for eating.

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