Debian bug report logs - #1133 vim asks unnecessary and unclear question Package: vim ; Reported by: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson); Done: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de!sr1 Tue Oct 24 09:12:19 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7lxa-000Bf2C; Tue, 24 Oct 95 09:12 PDT Received: from irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08184 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:11:09 -0700 Received: by irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) id RAA02454; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:03:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:03:23 +0100 From: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Message-Id: <199510241603.RAA02454@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com, iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk, dgregor@gregor.com Subject: Re: Bug#1133: vim asks unnecessary and unclear question > Package: vim > Version: 3.0-2 > > ] Would you make vim your default editor (y/n)? > > (a) vim shouldn't ask this question. It should install itself if > there isn't a vi already installed, and not if there is, just like the > other vi clones. > > (b) The question doesn't make it clear that it's only going to install > itself as /usr/bin/vi. At first I recoiled in horror, thinking it > might edit /etc/profile to set EDITOR or something ... vim now uses update-alternatives. I close the bug. Sven -- Sven Rudolph (sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de); WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Fri Jul 21 03:40:48 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sZFVg-000656C; Fri, 21 Jul 95 03:40 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13162 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 21 Jul 1995 03:39:13 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sZFVY-000BzrC; Fri, 21 Jul 95 11:40 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Fri, 21 Jul 95 03:19 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 03:19 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: vim asks unnecessary and unclear question Package: vim Version: 3.0-2 ] Would you make vim your default editor (y/n)? (a) vim shouldn't ask this question. It should install itself if there isn't a vi already installed, and not if there is, just like the other vi clones. (b) The question doesn't make it clear that it's only going to install itself as /usr/bin/vi. At first I recoiled in horror, thinking it might edit /etc/profile to set EDITOR or something ... Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1133 ; Package vim . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov