Portmaster and less

Eugene Grosbein eugen at grosbein.net
Sat Aug 1 03:41:54 UTC 2020


01.08.2020 3:24, @lbutlr wrote:

> When postmaster displays the package messages after installing, it calls less, which forces you to hit 'q' to exit, and when you quit less, it clear the buffer on the screen and returns you to the display of the compile process.
> 
> Is there anyway to change this behavior so that less is called with -E / --QUIT-AT_EOF?

Yes: 

export MORE="-E"
or
export LESS="-E"

Our "more" command is another name (link) for "less" modifying its behaviour.



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