On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 04:29:49PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote:
> James McCoy wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> >> $ vim.tiny .ssh/authorized_keys
> >> E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim
> >> Press ENTER or type command to continue
> >
> > The binary vim.tiny is an implementation detail.  I tried to move
> > them under /usr/libexec, but that caused the alternatives to reset their
> > priorities for existing installs, so it had to be reverted.
> >
> > The intended use is to invoke the binary through the named alternatives
> > (vi, view, ex, editor).
> >
> > When invoked as vi it doesn't, because that triggers Debian's patch to
> > only use the tiny config.
> 
> Given that `vim.tiny` registers itself for the `view` and `editor`
> alternatives, it really should not throw any errors or warnings when
> invoked via them (I noticed this because `sudoedit` falls back to
> `editor` if the `$EDITOR` and `$VISUAL` environment variables aren't
> set).

Agreed. I intend to update the vim.tiny patch so that it would avoid
this message.  I just haven't gotten to it yet.

Cheers,
-- 
James
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