Package: less Version: 394-2 Severity: normal
Checking the lesspipe source, most helper programs (e.g. bunzip2 or pdftotext) are checked for existence, and if not found, an error message is displayed. There are two exceptions: catdoc and isoinfo. When these programs are not found, lesspipe does nothing, and lets less display the original binary file (a .doc or .iso) as if lesspipe was not run at all. This is a problem, because, as these programs are not mentioned in the package description (neither suggested nor recommended) and in the documentation, the only way to find out that they are needed when missing is to read the lesspipe source code. This bug continues the report in bug #356488, which was closed (IMO) without proper explanations. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages less depends on: ii debianutils 2.15.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand less recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
