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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Fix for default pager

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 10, 2010, 14:55 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: default pager on AIX to "more"
>
> AIX doesn't ship with "less" by default, and their "more" is
> more featureful than average, so the latter is a more
> sensible choice.  People who really want less can set the
> compile-time option themselves, or users can set $PAGER.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  Makefile |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 34b7dd5..6ad0aca 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NetBSD)
>  	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(uname_S),AIX)
> +	DEFAULT_PAGER = more
>  	NO_STRCASESTR=YesPlease
>  	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
>  	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
A very sensible approach.  Thanks.
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