less 394 or 418 ?

[Mark Hattam]

On 1 Jan 2009, at 03:04, Mark Hattam wrote:

> I did a
> sudo port install less
>
> and it installed @418. Yet, although it's in /opt/local/bin, when I  
> type a
> less -V
> it reveals itself as the version supplied by Apple, that sits in / 
> usr/bin.
>
> iMac:~$ less -V
> less 394
> Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Mark Nudelman
>
> less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> For information about the terms of redistribution,
> see the file named README in the less distribution.
> Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
>
> which is the same as
> iMac:~ mark$ /usr/bin/less -V
> less 394
> Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Mark Nudelman
>
> less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> For information about the terms of redistribution,
> see the file named README in the less distribution.
> Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
>
>
>
> Forcing it to use the Macports installed version ...
>
> iMac:~$ /opt/local/bin/less -V
> less 418
> Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Mark Nudelman
>
> less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> For information about the terms of redistribution,
> see the file named README in the less distribution.
> Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
>
> Checking my $PATH ...
> iMac:~$ echo $PATH
> /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/ 
> local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
>
> yet it does seem to know about the MacPorts version ... so why the  
> "394" when I do a --version?
> iMac:~ mark$ which less
> /opt/local/bin/less
>
> in /opt/local/bin I see
> -rwxr-xr-x    2 root  admin   153324  1 Jan 02:52 less
>
> and in /usr/bin I see
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root   wheel       254288 24 Sep  2007 less
>
>
> Mark


Ah ... quitting and re-running Terminal does make it "behave" as  
expected ... ie
less -V
brings up 418 ...

but why the need to quit/re-run (or quite possibly just open a new  
window/shell)?


Mark