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Date:      Mon, 22 May 2006 11:42:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        bill@wiliweld.com (Bill Schoolcraft)
Cc:        none none <menwn@yahoo.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MESS
Message-ID:  <200605221542.k4MFgiQF004622@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0605220714360.12915@liam.billschoolcraft.com>

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> At Mon, 22 May 2006 it looks like Jerry McAllister composed:
> 
> > Yup.   It is in /usr/bin
> > I guess, I am so used to putting a copy of vi in /bin shortly after
> > installing a new system that I assume it is always there.
> > 
> 
> Can we actually 'de-install' then 're-install' vi(m) from PORTS with
> it statically compiled?
> 
> Then we can move it to /bin (?)

You don't really need to de-install it.
Just cp /usr/bin/vi /bin/.
Make sure you are happy with the permissions.

It will work.  vi is pretty well self contained.

////jerry

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