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-rw-r--r--src/libmain/shared.cc11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 1d50346a1..8d06455fa 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ int handleExceptions(const string & programName, std::function<void()> fun)
RunPager::RunPager()
{
- string pager = getEnv("PAGER");
- if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) || pager.empty()) return;
+ if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) return;
+ string pager = getEnv("PAGER", "default");
+ if (pager == "" || pager == "cat") return;
/* Ignore SIGINT. The pager will handle it (and we'll get
SIGPIPE). */
@@ -312,7 +313,11 @@ RunPager::RunPager()
throw SysError("dupping stdin");
if (!getenv("LESS"))
setenv("LESS", "FRSXMK", 1);
- execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager.c_str(), NULL);
+ if (pager != "default")
+ execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager.c_str(), NULL);
+ execlp("pager", "pager", NULL);
+ execlp("less", "less", NULL);
+ execlp("more", "more", NULL);
throw SysError(format("executing ‘%1%’") % pager);
});