[gentoo-user] NVI blocks VIM and NVI part of system profile?

2005-04-29 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
I just tried to install VIM, as I use it as my editor for TIN; otherwise, I use NVI as my editor of choice. However, I see the following when I try ... since when does NVI block VIM and since when is NVI part of the system profile? [EMAIL PROTECTED] glibc # emerge -p vim These are the packages

Re: [gentoo-user] NVI blocks VIM and NVI part of system profile?

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Gordon
I think the reason that they block each other is that they both create a /usr/bin/vi executable (with vim it's merely a symlink to run in vi- compatibility mode). It's likely part of your system profile because it satisfies the editor/virtual. Therefore it shouldn't do damage to your system to unme