From 7ec45f6276c37cc23fcc02ec58eb441c1788d3fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:24:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] environ.7: Note the default if PAGER is not defined
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Reported-by: Bastien Roucariès <rouca@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 man7/environ.7 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7
index ab71e5a45..8fb80f289 100644
--- a/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man7/environ.7
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ The user's preferred utility to display text files.
 Any string acceptable as a command-string operand to the
 .I sh\ \-c
 command shall be valid.
+If
+.B PAGER
+is null or is not set,
+then applications that launch a pager will default to a program such as
+.BR less (1)
+or
+.BR more (1).
 .TP
 .BR EDITOR / VISUAL
 The user's preferred utility to edit text files.