X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=vGKed162NpppmPKWs075Cuk0uPy2H16YkiBfOTXxsMS 7cuuVFVvmGxd6K+owwEBX6jk6KKqG7aT3X5/uZ/iwKJI6YgXndNLjHAPrjKhG6Gh SdrHaOBZk6pGgckxE0i4QlmU4/7sMM45mUQ8z/bT8ojFYe2wqdepgCl+NT4jIfss = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=IXve+H4nBD/79OoUYzuPVBl91Mo=; b=McYAfkRakTl+YuJR0 ZudiH204sPgPFURaLdC4k0SFkCqDDRuJT6QvPIAqcpwJHpkzppME2/K+QVHuFoKA KXjrqs0tHkILLKnhbG07HvAm4uoOlCtYVwkNqY0b1X0wCWiAMR9jhCA+/a2NwegV AynjHkYl+c86u876Ia/LaLm3q0= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: kautler.net X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=En7nfKY0DxicfNnjtiLGG7JqtccO8zT5nwul4T4+hJg=; b=X23zvhLHjoBJhCcfyD9FiWZeuGnqQcewk1JGOwYbEZ8wCrgwDGkzqok/MouS7mKgiw zbCfQ1y2DQHaa21tFB8kQ2+mjBrjW6hEJ+2Xsusw1P4bj/QOTQSrXLr6cs08fEMGyqGP 3xe7FiaX7T2j0bVS1AAKEkXPu8tps04lzv/y0LJciINlpnVZaope/MzqBsvwXIdvTT96 XnDFAw/ltN1lPcHs+bmS1ZyP70bHFuFY5Z5zYCu0QFgitt8FtXG9lVUpW8Mmem8EQXLf DsVgmYBZOExv2WplZMbVG9UH/mCjjeRuH7Cb6iHLLhkF7OxHClWVkeSxEZxPXmDymXCb g8pw== X-Received: by 10.49.51.66 with SMTP id i2mr11257032qeo.26.1386374235804; Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:57:15 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20131206234833.GC3154@phoenix> References: <52096B42 DOT 8010702 AT Kautler DOT net> <20131206171721 DOT GA7240 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20131206234833 DOT GC3154 AT phoenix> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Kautler?= Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 00:56:55 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.3.1152-1 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id rB6NvkDB005356 And it is ok and accepted that such a patch breaks the functionality? Before the patch it was /etc/vim/vimrc and after the patch it was /etc/vimrc which is not found and thus causes unexpected behaviour. Shouldn't then at least a symlink be added at /etc/vimrc that points to the old /etc/vim/vimrc to not break things? Regards Björn 2013/12/7 Gary Johnson: > On 2013-12-06, Björn Kautler wrote: > >> 2013/12/6 Christopher Faylor: >> > On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 06:07:17PM +0100, Bj?rn Kautler wrote: >> >>Do my messages come through at all? >> >>No-one answers or cares about this one. :-( >> > >> > Either it is this: >> > 1) http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJM >> > >> > Or maybe this: >> > 2) http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> > >> > Or maybe it is that this is a question has been asked and answered >> > repeatedly. >> > >> > Install the 'vim' package. You likely only have vim-minimal installed. We >> > don't know for sure because you didn't provide the details from 2). > >> Hi Christopher, >> >> thanks for your reply. >> Do you really think it could be 2)? >> I didn't ask a question like "hey somehting is not working". >> But rather I found out where the problem is in the code and provided >> two proposed fixes, not knowing which one is appropriate. >> It is totally not depending on my installation, but on the sourcecode >> of the package. >> I could provide the information requested in 2), but I don't think it >> would help in this case. >> And yes, I have the "vim" package installed, not only the "vim-minimal" package. > > This is apparently not a bug but a deliberate decision by the Red > Hat package maintainers. I base that on the observation that > /usr/bin/vi and /usr/bin/vim on my Fedora 17 installation are > configured with those same system vimrc files: > > $ /usr/bin/vi --version > ... > system vimrc file: "/etc/virc" > ... > > $ /usr/bin/vim --version > ... > system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" > ... > > It makes sense that Cygwin, belonging to Red Hat, would use the same > configuration as other Red Hat distributions. > > (Please correct me if I've misstated the relationships between Red > Hat, Fedora and Cygwin.) > > Regards, > Gary > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple