untouched bug in less package

[Markus Hitter]

Am 26.10.2007 um 16:09 schrieb Fergal Daly:

> I filed this bug in June
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/less/+bug/120459
> [...]
> The basic problem is that lesspipe uses $SHELL to tell what the
> current shell is,

I'm not sure wether $SHELL contains the preferred shell (my opinion)  
or the current shell (your opinion).


One approach to the actual problem coming to mind is to evaluate,  
wether $shell is set:

PARENTSHELL="$SHELL"
if [ ! -z "$shell" ]; then
   PARENTSHELL="$shell"
fi
case "$PARENTSHELL" in
   ...

or, to require setting SHELL when using lesspipe (man page, shell  
comment change):

SHELL=sh eval lesspipe

(dunno csh equivalent)


Cheers,
Markus

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