Because eselect's setting of pager does not correlate with emerge's world file. You should add less to the world file e.g. by running "emerge --noreplace less".
2011/12/23 Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com>: > On 23-Dec-11 2:12, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> 'eselect pager list' and 'eselect editor list' will show what >> alternatives are available (with a write-in candidate support). > > > # eselect pager show > PAGER variable in profile: > /usr/bin/less > > # more /etc/env.d/99pager > > # Configuration file for eselect > # This file has been automatically generated. > PAGER="/usr/bin/less" > > # env | grep PAGER > PAGER=/usr/bin/less > > > emerge --depclean > Calculating dependencies... done! >>>> Calculating removal order... > !!! 'sys-apps/less' (virtual/pager) is part of your system profile. > > !!! Unmerging it may be damaging to your system. >>>> Waiting 10 seconds before starting... >>>> (Control-C to abort)... > Press Ctrl-C to Stop in: 10 9 8 > > I have "less" set as my pager, and despite of that portage > wants to uninstall it. What am I missing? > > Jarry > > -- > _______________________________________________________________ > This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! > Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted. >
