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Details of sys-apps/less:

Description: Excellent text file viewer
Homepage: https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/

available versions:

releases	alpha	amd64	arm	hppa	ia64	mips	ppc	ppc64	ppc macos	s390	sh	sparc	x86	USE-Flags	dependencies	ebuild warnings
less-9999	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-704	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-702	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-692	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-691	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-685	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-679	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-668	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show
less-643-r2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	pcre test	show	show

Legend:
+ stable
~ testing
- not available
some ebuild warning depend on specific use-flags or architectures, all ebuild-warnings are shown.

Known bugs:

bug ID	component	assigned to	status	description	last change
365263	Core system	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	sys-apps/less - auto convert UTF16/UTF32 inputs to active encoding	2011-05-02 01:45:04
367003	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/urfkill (new package) - Handler for rfkill events in userspace	2011-06-12 07:58:43
369925	OpenRC	openrc	UNCONFIRMED	/etc/conf.d/net - Setting associate_timeout_ does not have any effect with net-wireless/wpa_s	2013-01-01 17:01:05
374849	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/kismon ebuild request	2011-07-11 15:49:17
383013	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	Online bank security apple refuses to work unless I create a '/etc/.java' folder	2011-09-15 18:53:28
386647	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/jamvm-1.5.4-r1 segfaults with hardened gcc-4.5.3-r1 (any profile), unless -Xnoinlining is s	2012-07-11 11:36:26
398295	Stages	release	UNCONFIRMED	stage3-amd64-20120105 has PAGER=/usr/bin/less set but sys-apps/less not installed	2013-02-12 19:10:42
399747	Ebuilds	maintainer-needed	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/broadcom-sta floods logs with "could not get rate/rssi"	2013-02-03 13:03:07
401073	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/b43-openfwwf - Open FirmWare for WiFi networks	2012-01-28 16:34:42
407227	baselayout	net-dialup	UNCONFIRMED	net-dialup/ppp - /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 goes into endless loop after openvpn was stopped	2012-04-22 20:16:25
407667	Ebuilds	maintainer-needed	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/broadcom-sta-5.100.82.112-r2 has broken multicast patch	2013-02-03 13:03:15
410343	Ebuilds	maintainer-needed	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/broadcom-sta - modprobe wl: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': No such file or directory	2013-02-03 13:03:43
423031	Games	games	UNCONFIRMED	games-puzzle/mindless-1.6 crash in generating sealed deck	2012-08-27 12:45:23
424840	Applications	oleg	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/reaver-1.4 should probably maintain database in /var/lib/reaver, not /etc/reaver	2012-07-05 15:27:53
427496	Applications	alexxy	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/wimax-1.5.2-r1 with net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-1.0 USE=wimax - undefined reference to	2013-01-05 12:47:50
428158	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/mbm-gpsd; net-wireless/mbm-gps-control new ebuilds	2012-07-30 07:31:23
428282	Library	pacho	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/bluez-4.99 expected specifier-qualifier-list before �typeof� in bluetooth.h	2013-02-12 21:43:00
430348	Ebuilds	radio	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/gnuradio-3.6.1-r1 USE="doc" - some documentation is installed outside /usr/share/doc/${	2012-08-13 23:02:49
430928	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/rtl8712-firmware: new ebuild	2012-08-11 18:57:10
430996	Ebuilds	radio	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/gnuradio-3.6.1-r1 does not byte-compile grc_gnuradio package	2012-08-12 11:35:18
431488	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/bluez-tools - Command line tools for Bluez	2013-01-17 00:16:17
431920	Ebuilds	alexxy	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/wimax-1.5.2-r1 installs /var/log/wimax with mode 777	2013-01-01 21:49:31
431988	Ebuilds	alexxy	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/wimax-1.5.2-r1 should not RDEPEND on sys-kernel/linux-headers	2013-01-01 21:48:39
431990	Ebuilds	alexxy	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/wimax-tools-1.4.5-r1 should have dev-libs/libnl in RDEPEND	2013-01-01 21:47:54
436702	Applications	gurligebis	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/wpa_supplicant - systemd unit does not configure ctrl_interface	2012-11-18 13:03:00
437898	Core system	maintainer-needed	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/broadcom-sta-5.100.82.112-r2 with gentoo-sources-3.6.x - general protection fault in wl	2013-02-03 13:08:44
438622	Ebuilds	maintainer-needed	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.20.55.19 version bump	2013-02-07 12:05:08
442052	Applications	freedesktop-bugs	UNCONFIRMED	sys-power/pm-utils-1.4.1-r2 uses deprecated kernel option CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS	2012-11-06 16:06:47
443530	Applications	freedesktop-bugs	UNCONFIRMED	sys-power/pm-utils - fix wireless power saving in /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/wireless	2012-11-16 16:35:14
445966	Ebuilds	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/blueman should unconditionally depend on x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme?	2012-12-04 22:59:24
448268	Core system	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	sys-apps/less-457 should use elog instead of einfo	2012-12-24 08:32:38
448788	InstallCD	release	UNCONFIRMED	AMD 64 install CD: wireless network card not detected (lenovo T61, Intel Wireless 4965) - missing fi	2012-12-27 07:54:59
450732	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	dev-php/wurfl - Wireless Universal Resource File - RDEPEND for ZendFramework	2013-01-07 18:14:14
451846	Installation Handbook	docs-team	UNCONFIRMED	wireless-tools no longer function with default installation	2013-01-20 16:04:16
452162	Applications	pacho	UNCONFIRMED	=net-wireless/bluez-5.2 version bump request	2013-02-08 20:41:38
454084	Applications	gurligebis	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/hostapd USE=-debug prints no messages	2013-01-26 15:49:39
455318	Library	fonts	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/freetype[X,-utils] needlessly depends on X libraries	2013-02-05 11:37:35
455320	Applications	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/blueman-1.23-r2 - blueman crashes when theme misses icon gtk-missing-image	2013-02-05 11:38:08
455988	Core system	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	iproute2-3.3.0 USE=doc installs (useless) files into /usr/share/doc	2013-02-07 14:15:33
456784	Applications	lxnay	UNCONFIRMED	[sabayon overlay] net-wireless/blueman-1.23-r2: Failed Patch: blueman-1.21-fix-segfault-startup.patc	2013-02-12 15:10:18
457672	Other	docs-team	UNCONFIRMED	[FA] handbook/hb-net-wireless.xml	2013-02-15 08:37:25
458416	Applications	angelos	UNCONFIRMED	net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.58_rc1 with sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.8.0 - [...]/work/ndiswrapper-1.5	2013-02-20 14:35:53

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