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On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 09:07:20AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:34:25 -0500, forgottenwizard wrote: |
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> > So instead it should set a non-existant editor to the configured |
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> > default? |
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> Nano is not non-existent by default. |
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It isn't always on the users sytem. Providing a non-existent default |
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seems quite broken to me. |
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> > Another variable in make.conf may be a reasonable fix for this though |
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> > I'm sure someone will bitch about having to set $EDITOR twice on their |
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> > system. |
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> A more sensible approach would be for the ebuild to check which ebuild |
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> satisfies the virtual/editor dependency and set that. If the OP really |
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> cared about this "problem" he'd investigate providing such solutions |
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> instead of ranting about how Gentoo does not use his editor of choice by |
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> default. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> .sig a .sog of sixpence. |
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The problem there would be if multiple editors provide virtual/editor |
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(such as on my system, which has both vim and ed installed). The ebuild |
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trying to automagically select what should be the default editor is a |
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bad idea, if not just horrible. |
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