Subject: Re: Less in pkgsrc and src
To: None <rmk@rmkhome.com>
From: grant beattie <grant@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/03/2003 09:44:18
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:46:24PM -0700, Rick Kelly wrote:

> Must be a new and improved less.
> 
> rattler> uname -a
> SunOS rattler 5.8 Generic_108528-23 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4
> rattler> ls -l /usr/bin/more
> -r-xr-xr-x   2 root     bin        28472 Jan  5  2000 /usr/bin/more
> rattler> ls -l /usr/bin/less
> -r-xr-xr-x   1 root     bin       101548 Jan  5  2000 /usr/bin/less
> 
> Also included with 2.6 as well.

optionally, based on what Solaris packages you install.

some users like to have minimal base systems and install all third
party software via pkgsrc, where software is usually kept up-to-date
very quickly and provides a sensible update mechanism.

grant.