[Bug 833101] Re: perf uses less at the default pager, but the linux-tools packages have no dependency for it

** Changed in: linux-linaro (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
perf uses less at the default pager, but the linux-tools packages have
no dependency for it

Status in Linaro Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in Linaro Linux:
Won't Fix
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Status in linux-linaro package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix

Bug description:
$ perf list
sh: less: not found

This only affects minimal installs which don't have less installed.

Observed in:
* linux-tools-2.6.38-11 (2.6.38-11.48) in the Ubuntu archive, running under natty (11.04)
* linux-linaro-tools-3.0.0-1004 (3.0.0-1004.5~ppa~natty) from the linaro overlay PPA, from the 11.08 release.

The issue probably affects all packages containing the perf tool.

This could be fixed:

a) in linux (preferably upstream), by changing perf's default pager to more if less is absent
b) in debian/ubuntu, by changing perf's default pager to /usr/bin/pager or more
c) in debian/ubuntu by allowing util-linux to provide /usr/bin/less as an alternative using more.
d) in linux-meta by adding Depends: less (if believed to be acceptable)

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