clone 528494 -1 reassign -1 elvis-tiny retitle -1 Use alternatives for /bin/vi severity -1 wishlist block 528494 by -1 thanks
In looking at the following request for vim-tiny to provide /bin/vi I noticed that elvis-tiny already provides such a binary. In order to fullfil this request, I'd like to ask that elvis-tiny switch to using alternatives for /bin/vi. The plan that I would like to move forward with is for both vim-tiny and elvis-tiny to provide their binary under /bin and then use alternatives to provide /usr/bin/vi and /bin/vi (as a slave of the /usr/bin/vi alternative). This looks similar to what elvis-tiny is already doing except it has an odd /bin/vi binary (generated from debian/wrapper.c) doing the work instead of utilizing alternatives. Does this sound reasonable? On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:45:56AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Hi, > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/372364 requests that > vim-tiny be available on the root filesystem as a rescue utility. I have > some sympathy with this: a separate /usr is more likely to be used by at > least moderately experienced users rather than complete novices, and if > /usr fails to mount they may well be more comfortable with vi than nano. -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[email protected]>
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