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FS#16197 - [vi / vim] rview symlink not deleted after vi removed

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Adrian Benson (abenson) - Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 03:12 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 03:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

a packaging error means that the symlink from /usr/bin/rview -> vi
is not deleted when vi is removed. This symlink also prevents installation of
vim alongside vi as vim also contains /usr/bin/rview.

I presume this is an oversight in packaging, but I cannot see where rview is created
(during the actual package build?). No actual package owns /usr/bin/rview
so it is not explicitly deleted.


Steps to reproduce:

try and install vim/gvim alongside vi
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Closed by  Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 03:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 03:27 GMT
Please see the news [#1]

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vi,vim, gvim move to core and extra

I repost that, because now it will affect all users. In order to get the new vim layout installed you will have to remove some symlinks from the system:

Finally, the new vi* packages are up. There will be a little migration pain. For optimal results, I recommend to "sudo rm /usr/bin/{view,rview}" before you run "sudo pacman -Syu"
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[#1] http://www.archlinux.org/news/464/

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