Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 05:34:43 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to move vi to /bin Message-ID: <gue44o$pqu$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <cb0fa7b70905130021t390bb560r4a1dd64ab3b2e79@mail.gmail.com> <20090513082716.GB1363@joni.subvert.org.uk> <b79ecaef0905130130o10d593cdm3fb60b6175112d67@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:51:46PM +0530, manish jain wrote: >>> I want to move vi to /bin so that I have an editor available in >>> single-user mode. This sounds simple (and should be if all you have is >>> a single partition), but there are problems. For starters, terminfo >>> can't locate its database in single-user mode. >>> >>> Could anyone please tell me how to go about this on a 7.x system ? I >>> am also curious to know why FreeBSD doesn't place vi under /bin in the >>> first place. > > You may also have a problem, because IIRC /usr/bin/vi is dynamically > linked with stuff in /usr/lib. Try it, it may work. It's probably why > it's in /usr/bin. > > Or just use /rescue/vi as Andrew suggested! > Yes - use the /rescue/vi as it has been statically compiled so it does not rely on dynamic libraries which may not be available. The purpose here is have a fallback position for repairing a damage/problem which may prevent a successful mount of /usr. There really is nothing to be gained by cluttering up / with stuff that doesn't really belong there and can only bring problems later when you've forgotten what you've done. Kind of like how those coming over from a Linux environment all seem to want to change root's shell to bash, it serves no purpose except foot-shooting. -Mike
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