Re: new version of less pager
David wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Austyg wrote: v451 of less is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different from either POSIX regular expressions or PCRE (perl compatible regular expressions) both of which are already supported by less? Perhaps it refers to the differences mentioned here? http://www.regular-expressions.info/gnu.html I don't think so. That page is a 3rd party page that is trying to describe regular expressions in general. And it has a section that describes GNU extensions to access EREs from withing BREs. But less already implements EREs so that doesn't really apply. (Things like in sed and grep which should have BREs but you can get to an ERE by escaping it such as with echo foo | grep 'fo\+' and so forth.) I guess I could write and ask. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: new version of less pager
On 15/09/2012, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Austyg wrote: v451 of less is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different from either POSIX regular expressions or PCRE (perl compatible regular expressions) both of which are already supported by less? Perhaps it refers to the differences mentioned here? http://www.regular-expressions.info/gnu.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMPXz=r-dmie_rkljggqb4sgdspva8g-wt5zotn5vrrgboy...@mail.gmail.com
Re: new version of less pager
Austyg wrote: Thanks to all for good clues. v451 of less is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different from either POSIX regular expressions or PCRE (perl compatible regular expressions) both of which are already supported by less? Since the to do section of http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html says: A new upstream version is available: 451, you should consider packaging it. That is the automated standard display when the Debian watchfile has detected a newer version upstream. It looks like it will eventually move through unstable, and next iteration of testing. I'll keep an eye open for it. I'll try the back-ports route if my need becomes pressing. Remember that for it to be a candidate for Backports then it must have appeared in Unstable first and have migrated to Testing. Otherwise it isn't a candidate for Backports. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: new version of less pager
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:45:55 -0700, Austyg wrote: Anyone know whether new version of less file-pager made it into Wheezy? (...) You can see the package status from here: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html It seems that not though is listed in the todo list but since Wheezy is now frozen I don't think a new version gets in there. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k2fo39$j4c$4...@ger.gmane.org
Re: new version of less pager
Thanks to all for good clues. v451 of less is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Since the to do section of http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html says: A new upstream version is available: 451, you should consider packaging it. It looks like it will eventually move through unstable, and next iteration of testing. I'll keep an eye open for it. I'll try the back-ports route if my need becomes pressing. Incidentally, Debian packages tracking is very pleasant; I find experimental, unstable, testing, stable process quite sensible, effective. Cheers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CACEynZ_-Q_NWEBdnBce=Z=pz-v8pjhw2mjwfk8xjh0bx9y_...@mail.gmail.com
new version of less pager
Anyone know whether new version of less file-pager made it into Wheezy? 4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ Sorry for newbness . . . =/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caceynz-ofyxgavusoto_lqryucgman_vxu0lfp5jlkgrbob...@mail.gmail.com
Re: new version of less pager
On Vi, 07 sep 12, 11:45:55, Austyg wrote: Anyone know whether new version of less file-pager made it into Wheezy? 4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ Sorry for newbness . . . =/ Let's ask APT (assuming one has the relevant sources in sources.list) $ apt-cache policy less less: Installed: 444-4 Candidate: 444-4 Version table: *** 444-4 0 500 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages 500 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 436-1 0 500 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages As you can see, version 444 is in both sid (unstable) and wheezy (currently testing). Wheezy is frozen (that mean no new versions of software) since 30 Jun, so it is highly unlikely that less version 451 will make it into wheezy. Your only chance would be stable-backports, as soon as it is available (usually shortly after a release) and the new less has migrated to testing. Hope this explains, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: new version of less pager
Austyg wrote: Anyone know whether new version of less file-pager made it into Wheezy? 4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ Sorry for newbness . . . =/ $ apt-cache policy less less: Installed: 444-4 Candidate: 444-4 Version table: *** 444-4 0 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What specific feature is in 451 that you would like to see? Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
