Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:10:21 GMT From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Message-ID: <200504231410.j3NEALcr057033@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/80256; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80256: /rescue/vi doesn't work without terminal database in /usr Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:04:59 +0200 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.04.22 18:44:02 +0200, Brian Candler wrote: >=20 > The usefulness of /rescue/vi is severely curtailed by the fact that it ne= eds > to have /usr mounted before it functions. In that case, you might as well > just use /usr/bin/vi. This has been known from when rescue was introduced, see the rescue(7) manual page: BUGS Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system. The m= ost egregious exception is the rescue version of vi(1), which currently requires that /usr be mounted so that it can access the termcap(5) fil= es. Hopefully, a failsafe termcap(3) entry will eventually be added into t= he ncurses(3) library, so that /rescue/vi can be used even in a system wh= ere /usr cannot immediately be mounted. In the meantime, the rescue versi= on of the ed(1) editor can be used from /rescue/ed if you need to edit files, but cannot mount /usr. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCalYKh9pcDSc1mlERAnnrAJwPP17zZ8GiQiskmTYIV8HtNJ3/mgCgpwJQ /2AWO4YzSJ1z8KVALRGkvWU= =M9u0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--
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