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

[Paul Fox]

ralph wrote:
 > 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 thought we were talking about (the fedora equivalent of)
/etc/alternatives, not installed pathname:

    $ update-alternatives --list vi
    /usr/bin/levee
    /usr/bin/nvi
    /usr/bin/vile
    /usr/bin/vim.basic
    /usr/bin/vim.tiny

(i've never tried levee -- i only just now installed it to make the list
longer. ;-)

surely the nmh package requirement isn't on a a specific provider of
{/usr}/bin/vi, is it?  i guess i would have never noticed, since vim
is always present before i install vile, and i never bother removing it.

paul

 > 
 > (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.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Cheers, Ralph.
 > https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
 > 
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 > 


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