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authordelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2006-08-20 15:49:51 +0000
committerdelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2006-08-20 15:49:51 +0000
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Import less v394
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- Less, version 381
+ Less, version 394
- This is the distribution of less, version 381, released 17 Jan 2003.
+ This is the distribution of less, version 394, released 03 Dec 2005.
This program is part of the GNU project (http://www.gnu.org).
This program is free software. You may redistribute it and/or
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):
regcomp Use the V8-compatible regcomp.
regcomp-local Use Henry Spencer's V8-compatible regcomp
(source is supplied with less).
+ --with-secure
+ Builds a "secure" version of less, with some features disabled
+ to prevent users from viewing other files, accessing shell
+ commands, etc.
3. It is a good idea to look over the generated Makefile and defines.h
and make sure they look ok. If you know of any peculiarities of
@@ -67,9 +71,6 @@ INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):
-lncurses -lcurses -ltermcap -ltermlib
If you wish, you may edit defines.h to remove some optional features.
- If you wish to build a "secure" version of less (which disables all
- features which might allow a user to do unintended things to the system
- on which less is running), edit defines.h and define SECURE to 1.
If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may
wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help page "less.hlp"
to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing.
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