We could argue that a server can do without, and I’ve always complained the minimal was too much. The container stuff likely focus them. It may be too minimal for manual sysadmin work. I think it lacks sudo as well. And I hate they put ifconfig cs in nettools-very-much-deprecated in some other repository.
Rob On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 13:48, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I get my hands on a minimal SLES 15 for the first time. I try to edit a > file: > > # *vi foo* > -bash: vi: command not found > # *vim foo* > -bash: vim: command not found > > HUH? A UNIX with no vi? NEVER seen that before. > > So I install it: > > # *zypper install -y vim* > ... > > > Now I need to check a flag: > > #* man vim * > -bash: man: command not found > > > So I try to install man: > > # *zypper install -y man* > ... > No provider of 'man' found. > > > HUH? A UNIX with no man pages at all? NEVER seen that before either. > Hopefully there's another way to install man. > > So I try to get help another way: > > # *info vim* > info: No menu item 'vim' in node '(dir)Top' > # *help vim* > -bash: help: no help topics match `vim'. Try `help help' or `man -k vim' > or `info vim'. > > > No 'info', no 'help' (which suggests to use man or info - hehe) > > Am I just spoiled with the backward compatibility baked into the mainframe? > > -- > -Mike MacIsaac > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
