[Buildroot] [PATCH] vim: install /bin/vi as a relative symlink

Carlos Santos casantos at datacom.com.br
Wed Jul 18 14:10:50 UTC 2018


> From: "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> To: "DATACOM" <casantos at datacom.com.br>
> Cc: "buildroot" <buildroot at buildroot.org>, "Yann Morin" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>, "ratbert90" <aduskett at gmail.com>,
> "Baruch Siach" <baruch at tkos.co.il>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:03:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] vim: install /bin/vi as a relative symlink

> Hello,
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:34:43 -0300, Carlos Santos wrote:
>> Prevent creating a dangling symlink when vim is not present on the host
>> machine. With BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR, just link to "vim", since they are
>> on the same directory, otherwise link to "../usr/bin/vim".
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <casantos at datacom.com.br>
> 
> Baruch had already sent a patch with the same title/intention, but it
> is no longer in the pending state in patchwork.
> 
> Could you clarify what happened, and which of the two patches is
> relevant ?

Baruch's patch is for busybox and is under review. Both can be applied
independently.

-- 
Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
“Marched towards the enemy, spear upright, armed with the certainty
that only the ignorant can have.” — Epitaph of a volunteer



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