Chris Rees wrote: >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:51:46PM +0530, manish jain wrote: >>> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in >>> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is >>> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo >>> can't locate its database in single-user mode. >>> >>> Could anyone please tell me how to go about this on a 7.x system ? I >>> am also curious to know why FreeBSD doesn't place vi under /bin in the >>> first place. > > You may also have a problem, because IIRC /usr/bin/vi is dynamically > linked with stuff in /usr/lib. Try it, it may work. It's probably why > it's in /usr/bin. > > Or just use /rescue/vi as Andrew suggested! > Yes - use the /rescue/vi as it has been statically compiled so it does not rely on dynamic libraries which may not be available. The purpose here is have a fallback position for repairing a damage/problem which may prevent a successful mount of /usr.
There really is nothing to be gained by cluttering up / with stuff that doesn't really belong there and can only bring problems later when you've forgotten what you've done. Kind of like how those coming over from a Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it serves no purpose except foot-shooting. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"