[Bug 1596091] [NEW] command "less" not installed by default in Xenial

[Dave Coleman]

Public bug reported:

In previous version of Ubuntu "less" came by default, now it seems we
have to install it manually using apt-get. This is bad for programs like
"man" or "diff" that use less' scrolling capability.

Note: I'm using the Docker version of 16.04 which is built on ubuntu-
xenial-core-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz as shown here:

https://github.com/tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-
core/blob/f2682b59c32241b97e904af6691e997fa9c79c91/xenial/Dockerfile

** Affects: less (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  command "less" not installed by default in Xenial

Status in less package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In previous version of Ubuntu "less" came by default, now it seems we
  have to install it manually using apt-get. This is bad for programs
  like "man" or "diff" that use less' scrolling capability.

  Note: I'm using the Docker version of 16.04 which is built on ubuntu-
  xenial-core-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz as shown here:

  https://github.com/tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-
  core/blob/f2682b59c32241b97e904af6691e997fa9c79c91/xenial/Dockerfile

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