On Tue, 03 Aug 2021 07:45:27 -0400, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > $ emerge --ask --depclean | less > > > > did not work when tested with a single package to be removed: the > > output from "emerge" was displayed on less than a single screen > > causing "less" to just terminate due to my setting of environment > > variable "LESS", but "emerge" never issued the question whether or > > not to continue nor did it accept an answer. I had to kill it with > > "^C" from the shell. > > Depending what desktop environment/terminal emulator, there are a few > options. You could use a terminal like gnome-terminal, konsole, etc. > which have scroll so you can run `emerge -ca' and scroll to view the > results. I run urxvt in i3 (not sure whether it scrolls or not), and I > always run emerge inside of a tmux and use tmux's scroll to view all > the output before making a decision, so you could also use tmux or > screen.
Or you could use a different pager, most does not exhibit this behaviour. There is probably a less setting to change this too. -- Neil Bothwick Linux like wigwam. No windows, no gates, Apache inside.
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