Bug#1011525: systemd: when running journalctl, $LESS is unconditionally set to FRSXMK

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Wed May 25 14:54:02 BST 2022


Am 25.05.2022 um 15:52 schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> On 2022-05-25 15:13:58 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> It doesn't pass the LESS environment variable that's defined in the user
>> session to the pager but runs that program in a defined, fixed and tested
>> environment.
> 
> Since the user controls that program, e.g. by writing a script
> called "pager" under his $PATH (e.g. in $HOME/bin), thus may
> change the environment there, I'm wondering what you mean by
> "fixed and tested environment".
> 

It's not you/the user calling less, but systemd. Maybe that's your 
misconception.

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