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From: Brad Laue <brad@××××××.com>
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] Creation of 'virtual/vi' to satisfy builds
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:16:28
Message-Id: 3F0CDAB9.4040502@brad-x.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] Creation of 'virtual/vi' to satisfy builds by Aron Griffis
1 Aron Griffis wrote:
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3 > 2. What are the builds that require ex? That's a pretty strange
4 > requirement, to be honest. Most builds I've seen require ed for
5 > non-interactive editing, not ex.
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7 A Makefile generation script within the mozilla build required it, but I
8 decided adding two dependencies just to make a Makefile which isn't
9 specific to the user's system was overcomplicating matters.
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11 Also, I noticed earlier the presence of virtual/editor, which nvi/vim
12 can satisfy, so I don't know how much utility virtual/ex will serve...
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14 Brad
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