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[Jeff Johnson <n3npq@xxxxxxx>]

One can pretty trivially add $PAGER by just adding a pipe:
    rpm -qa --yaml | less

But if you MUST automate this behavior, then a popt alias with --pipe
will achieve that behavior.

These are the basic uglix operations needed:
    export PAGER=/bin/more
    rpm -qa --yaml --pipe ${PAGER:-/bin/more}

A popt alias (e.g. in this case "--qapager")  can then be placed in /etc/popt
(or ~/.popt see "man 3 popt"):
    $ cat ~/.popt
    rpm alias --qapager -qa --pipe ${PAGER:-/bin/more}
	--POPTdesc=$"perform a -qa query piped into $PAGER"

And if you want to have $PAGER wired up as default rpm behavior always, then
add the above to /usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt.

I personally see no reason to inflict $PAGER everywhere, nor to add Yet More Options, to rpm
when you can _ALREADY_ change the rpm behavior however you wish.





** Changed in: rpm
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: rpm
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: rpm
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jeff Johnson (n3npq)

** Changed in: rpm
    Milestone: None => 5.1.10

** Changed in: rpm
       Status: Won't Fix => Opinion

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rpm should use $PAGER and the like
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/647060
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