Re: [nmh-workers] Unnecessary dependency on vi???

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Paul,

> > An aside: Does any package other than vim provide /usr/bin/vi?  I
> > think the command might be `dnf provides /usr/bin/vi'.  I expect
> > it's a bunch of different sized vim-based packages.
>
> vile is another vi alternative, on all linux distributions, and at
> least some of the XXXXbsd distros.

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vile/blob/master/f/vile.spec provides
/usr/bin/vile.

> i'd bet nvi is also available everywhere, though i haven't checked
> that, since i don't use it.

Yes, I checked
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nvi/blob/master/f/nvi.spec and it
provides /usr/bin/nvi, not .../vi.

(I was unable to find a web-based equivalent of Debian's or Ubuntu's
package search for Fedora.)

> ubuntu provides elvis, but i think it's more of a toy at this point.

Not at the above web site.  And there was Stevie, vim's ancestor.
That's not there either.

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