Debian bug report logs - #1405 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1405: vim doesn't use update-alternatives Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:49:14 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: vim X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:49:14 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:48:58 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svYrI-000G8NA; Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:47 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03268 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:47:00 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0svYps-000C13A; Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:45 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:14 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:14 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Precedence: air-mail Package: vim Version: 3.0-3 Setting up vim ... A link to /usr/bin/vi already exists, so a link will not be made A link to /usr/man/man1/vi.1 already exists, so a link will not be made Not linking vim to vi in /usr/bin or /usr/man/man1 vim should use update-alternatives instead. Taking a leaf out of nvi's postinst: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi /usr/bin/vim 20 \ --slave /usr/man/man1/vi.1 vi.1 /usr/man/man1/vim.1 would seem appropriate, with a corresponding if [ $1 != "upgrade" ] then update-alternatives --remove vi /usr/bin/vim fi in the prerm. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1405: Acknowledgement (was: vim doesn't use update-alternatives) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1405" or "Re: Bug#1405" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1405: vim doesn't use update-alternatives Reply-To: "D.J. Gregor" , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: "D.J. Gregor" Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: vim X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:33:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:18:45 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svaGb-000G9wC; Wed, 20 Sep 95 18:17 PDT Received: from gregor.com (gregor.coil.com) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08813 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 18:17:00 -0700 Received: from gregor.com (dgregor@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gregor.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id VAA23504; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 21:26:45 -0400 Message-Id: <199509210126.VAA23504@gregor.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 1995 00:14:00 -0000." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 21:26:36 -0400 From: "D.J. Gregor" Ian, Working on it. I should have it uploaded in a day or two. Also, thanks for the hints... --D.J. PS: I am making my second set of PGP keys. I'll be making the public key available in a week or two. -- D.J. Gregor N8QLB dgregor@gregor.com http://www.coil.com/~dgregor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: "D.J. Gregor" Subject: Bug#1405: Info received (was Bug#1405: vim doesn't use update-alternatives) In-Reply-To: <199509210126.VAA23504@gregor.com> References: <199509210126.VAA23504@gregor.com> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) In-Reply-To: <199510241604.RAA02478@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> References: <199510241604.RAA02478@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> Subject: Bug#1405: marked as done (was: vim doesn't use update-alternatives) Your message dated Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:04:29 +0100 with message-id <199510241604.RAA02478@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> and subject line Bug#1405: Acknowledgement (was: vim doesn't use update-alternatives) has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:48:58 GMT From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Sep 20 16:47:22 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0svYrI-000G8NA; Wed, 20 Sep 95 16:47 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03268 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:47:00 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0svYps-000C13A; Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:45 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:14 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 00:14 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: vim doesn't use update-alternatives Precedence: air-mail Package: vim Version: 3.0-3 Setting up vim ... A link to /usr/bin/vi already exists, so a link will not be made A link to /usr/man/man1/vi.1 already exists, so a link will not be made Not linking vim to vi in /usr/bin or /usr/man/man1 vim should use update-alternatives instead. Taking a leaf out of nvi's postinst: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi /usr/bin/vim 20 \ --slave /usr/man/man1/vi.1 vi.1 /usr/man/man1/vim.1 would seem appropriate, with a corresponding if [ $1 != "upgrade" ] then update-alternatives --remove vi /usr/bin/vim fi in the prerm. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1405 acknowledged by developer (was: vim doesn't use update-alternatives) References: <199510241604.RAA02478@irz101.inf.tu-dresden.de> In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov