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Bug 66534 - please move vi to /bin so it can be used during system recovery
Summary: please move vi to /bin so it can be used during system recovery
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Vim Maintainers
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Reported: 2004-10-06 08:31 UTC by rob holland (RETIRED)
Modified: 2004-10-06 09:02 UTC (History)
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Description rob holland (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-06 08:31:21 UTC
Comment 1 REdOG 2004-10-06 08:35:03 UTC 
Pretty please!
Comment 2 Ciaran McCreesh 2004-10-06 08:39:13 UTC 
vi is a text editor, not a system recovery tool. If you want a basic system recovery tool, there's ed in /bin. User applications belong in /usr/bin.
Comment 3 rob holland (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-06 08:58:44 UTC 
I don't wish to learn ed specifically for recovering a system as vi is what I am used to. When my system is borked I really don't want to have to use a tool I'm not used to in order to recover it.

In order to recover a system you often need to edit files, you should use a text editor to do that.
Comment 4 Ciaran McCreesh 2004-10-06 09:02:34 UTC 
*shrug* then use a livecd. You could just as easily say "sometimes I need a compiler to fix my system, so gcc should be in /bin", or "my favourite editor is emacs, so it should go in /bin".