Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/09/15/16:29:16
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 08:23:45PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Eric Blake wrote:
>> > A new release of more, 2.11o-2, is available.
>> >
>> > NEWS:
>> > =====
>> > This is a minor bugfix release - more was recompiled against newer
>> > versions of libraries so that it can now access large files and no longer
>> > has the security flaw of the older regular expression parser libpcre.
>>
>> I just installed this, and noticed that selecting it for install also
>> selects vim -- a rather startling 3MB download for a "minor bugfix"! Is
>> that because the newer versions of the libraries are in the vim package,
>> or is it in error?
>
>more has a feature where it can invoke your editor. If VISUAL and
>EDITOR are undefined in your environment, it insists that 'vi'
>exist somewhere on your path. I ensured this was the case by
>editing setup.hint accordingly. However, this may have been
>a bit extreme, so cgf may want to remove vim as a dependency
>in the setup.hint, now that he has volunteered to be the more
>maintainer.
Hmm. I guess I'll remove it but I see why you added it.
cgf
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