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bin/59904: apropos don't respect PAGER



>Number:         59904
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       apropos do not use PAGER
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 10 23:30:00 +0000 2026
>Originator:     cbusquet%yahoo.fr@localhost
>Release:        NetBSD 10.1
>Organization:
	@home sweet home
>Environment:
System: NetBSD NetLenovo.MSHOME 10.1 NetBSD 10.1 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024 mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
	apropos(1) do not use the $PAGER env. variables as stated in the manual page
>How-To-Repeat:
	verify that $PAGER environment variables is set to less, that should be the default on a fresh install
	type : 
		$ apropos a
	the less command is not used, the apropos command fill more than one fullscreen
>Fix:
	Use $PAGER in code apropos.c (maybe like in man.c but i'm not sure)



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