less -r broken with long lines

[LI Xin]

Hi,

Rui Paulo wrote:
> Hi,
> There's something about how the new less version handles lines greater
> than the virtual terminal's size.
> 
> Test case on an xterm/rxvt/screen session:
> 
> less -r /etc/syslog.conf  - you won't see the $FreeBSD$ id tag because
> of the long line regarding to /var/log/messages. Try resizing your
> terminal so that this line fits in the right number of columns. You'll
> see the problem disappear.
> 
> less -r /etc/rc.firewall - since there are no long lines in the first
> page, you won't notice the problem
> 
> Everything works fine if less is used without the -r argument or if less
> is run from the console.
> 
> Does this ring any bell to anyone?

Are you sure that this is not expected behavior?  I have tried less v394
on a 6.2-RELEASE box and it seems that the behavior is the same...

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!

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