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Brad Laue wrote: [Wed Jul 09 2003, 01:00:16PM EDT] |
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> I'm running into builds requiring the 'ex' binary, which is provided |
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> by several vi clones. |
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> I'd like to suggest the creation of 'virtual/vi' to satisfy this |
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> problem. Are there any comments/objections? |
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In principle, I don't have a problem with this, but I have a couple |
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questions: |
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1. Does having a virtual require that only one of the options is |
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installed at a time? I recall this being the case with |
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ssmtp/postfix/etc, but maybe that's specific to those ebuilds. |
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I wouldn't want Gentoo to be restricted to a single vi-clone on a |
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system. |
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2. What are the builds that require ex? That's a pretty strange |
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requirement, to be honest. Most builds I've seen require ed for |
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non-interactive editing, not ex. |
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3. What about the case where you install vim, then install nvi, then |
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uninstall nvi? In that case /usr/bin/ex will disappear from the |
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system (because the files conflict between packages), but the virtual |
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will still be "satisfied". |
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4. What are the ebuilds that provide ex? At first glance, I only see |
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nvi and vim. |
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Aron |
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