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FS#66377 - [less] replace with modern fork
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Opened by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 20:29 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
Opened by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 20:29 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
This patch replaces the "less" package with a more modern, hardened fork that follows much better programming practices. https://github.com/gdamore/less-fork The current less had its last release in 2012. The updated PKGBUILD is a little wonky. It works, compiles, and installs all the files properly, but feel free to rewrite it if needed. I tested the new less binary and man pages. If accepted, this also closes 
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Closed by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Why on earth should we replace well-known and maintained software with some obscure, abandoned fork?
Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: Why on earth should we replace well-known and maintained software with some obscure, abandoned fork?
Huh? the last stable release was on 11th June, 2019. There have been multiple betas since then https://github.com/gwsw/less/releases
> https://github.com/gdamore/less-fork
Last commit Nov 29, 2017