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
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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
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