[systemd-devel] [PATCH] pager: add K to less environment

Lukas Nykryn lnykryn at redhat.com
Wed Feb 27 07:26:59 PST 2013


Using less as a pager sometimes breaks terminal when output
is interrupted by ctrl-c.
Reproducer: run 'sudo journalctl' ctrl-c.
Thanks mbriza at redhat.com for the solution.
---
 src/shared/pager.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/shared/pager.c b/src/shared/pager.c
index 488a12c..5165d2b 100644
--- a/src/shared/pager.c
+++ b/src/shared/pager.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int pager_open(void) {
                 dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
                 close_pipe(fd);
 
-                setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
+                setenv("LESS", "FRSXK", 0);
 
                 /* Make sure the pager goes away when the parent dies */
                 if (prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM) < 0)
-- 
1.7.11.7



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