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less enhancement update

Advisory:	RHBA-2010:0214-1
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2010-03-30
Last updated on:	2010-03-30
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Details

Rebase less package

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but with more
capabilities ("less is more"). The less utility allows users to move
backwards in the file as well as forwards. Because less need not read the
entire input file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text
editors (vi, for example).

Rebase fixes these issue and bring more bug fix and enhancement:
This updated less package fixes a regression, which causes, that less does
not display lines longer that screen width properly, when scrolling line
per line and add into manpage description of option "--old-bot" which
reverts to the old bottom of screen behavior.

All users of less are highly recommend to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
less-436-2.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 6829e06d33d90b344b89bceddc12ad82 SHA-256: efe50a511c5f47881040791114a46f6b8a420ae62b37ba88de0702ef384f1d7e`

IA-32:
less-436-2.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 493e64c624d4261ee0981660c1d53984 SHA-256: b08ec7c1c86bac80ab7135c8ee16a05d92147be268fd5f04e600b2aceb1bf0c1`

IA-64:
less-436-2.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 2afa606b0e010e17a0d0b374efb8b5d7 SHA-256: f1d4ac6b4588dd4f05e5d8a4a9515abeaf5453c8c0a51248b3503a471895440f`

PPC:
less-436-2.el5.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: e252c23fb60377bf75c6d7270fdd3906 SHA-256: fd48979f3f546ff353d5abd7c21e4af3f869bcb92bd9b8903b522d0fd4541532`

s390x:
less-436-2.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 984693b8f22aa864c58741bf7755eca3 SHA-256: 77f7f65045b93b9b32774491cb46632f8c28e55cc9b136a543a46ae2f3f2a89b`

x86_64:
less-436-2.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: bf6526d692fb8c69b61d84a64f38a627 SHA-256: 80b6b8b3387508c5f24a2a00f8d681d15a7654b68120273fa32ec815bc0d52a1`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
less-436-2.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 6829e06d33d90b344b89bceddc12ad82 SHA-256: efe50a511c5f47881040791114a46f6b8a420ae62b37ba88de0702ef384f1d7e`

IA-32:
less-436-2.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: 493e64c624d4261ee0981660c1d53984 SHA-256: b08ec7c1c86bac80ab7135c8ee16a05d92147be268fd5f04e600b2aceb1bf0c1`

x86_64:
less-436-2.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2011:1468	`MD5: bf6526d692fb8c69b61d84a64f38a627 SHA-256: 80b6b8b3387508c5f24a2a00f8d681d15a7654b68120273fa32ec815bc0d52a1`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

509553 - [REG] less does not display long lines properly when scrolling line per line
510724 - The new "--old-bot" option is not documented in the man page for "less"

Keywords

rebase

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