diff -Nru xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/changelog xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/changelog
--- xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/changelog	2013-01-03 17:21:17.000000000 +0000
+++ xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/changelog	2014-02-12 15:04:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+xz-utils (5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/error-parsing-less.patch. LP: #1248044
+    - parse correctly recent versions of less output
+
+ -- Javier P.L. <chilicuil@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:21:14 -0600
+
 xz-utils (5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low
 
   * Remove build-dependency on perl; we use no non-trivial Perl modules so
diff -Nru xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/error-parsing-less.patch xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/error-parsing-less.patch
--- xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/error-parsing-less.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/error-parsing-less.patch	2014-02-12 15:05:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: xzless: Make "less -V" parsing more robust
+Origin: lp:~chilicuil/ubuntu/trusty/xz-utils/fix-1248044
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1248044
+
+--- a/src/scripts/xzless.in
++++ b/src/scripts/xzless.in
+@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if test "${LESSMETACHARS+set}" != set; t
+ 	LESSMETACHARS="$space$tab$nl'"';*?"()<>[|&^`#\$%=~'
+ fi
+ 
+-if test "$(less -V | { read ver && echo ${ver#less }; })" -ge 429; then
++if test "$(less -V | { read ver && ver=${ver#less } && echo ${ver%% *}; })" -ge 429; then
+ 	# less 429 or later: LESSOPEN pipe will be used on
+ 	# standard input if $LESSOPEN begins with |-.
+ 	LESSOPEN="|-$xz -cdfq -- %s"
diff -Nru xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/series xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/series
--- xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/series	2012-10-11 22:38:38.000000000 +0000
+++ xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614/debian/patches/series	2014-02-12 15:04:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 man-xz-lvv-minver
 xz-lvv-empty-block-minver
 decoder-check-first-0x00
+error-parsing-less.patch