69535 – vim shouldn't install vi, ex, or view on BSD.

Bug 69535 - vim shouldn't install vi, ex, or view on BSD.

Summary: vim shouldn't install vi, ex, or view on BSD.

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Vim Maintainers

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Reported:	2004-10-30 12:32 UTC by Stephen Bennett (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-12-18 14:26 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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vim.eclass patch (vim-eclass-bsdsyms.patch,776 bytes, patch) 2004-10-31 07:45 UTC, Ciaran McCreesh	Details \| Diff
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Description Stephen Bennett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-30 12:32:53 UTC

FreeBSD's base system provides vi, ex, and view executables, so the vim ebuild shouldn't attempt to overwrite them in this case (when USE=x86-fbsd).

Comment 1 Ciaran McCreesh 2004-10-31 07:45:22 UTC

Created attachment 43015 [details, diff]
vim.eclass patch

Please test...

Comment 2 Stephen Bennett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-18 14:26:09 UTC

Patch works good; committed.