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Date:      Mon, 22 May 2006 17:55:46 +0100
From:      Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MESS
Message-ID:  <20060522165546.GF3576@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0605220714360.12915@liam.billschoolcraft.com>
References:  <200605221408.k4ME8SIb004361@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0605220714360.12915@liam.billschoolcraft.com>

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On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:16:03AM -0700, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> At Mon, 22 May 2006 it looks like Jerry McAllister composed:
>=20
> > 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.
> >=20
>=20
> Can we actually 'de-install' then 're-install' vi(m) from PORTS with
> it statically compiled?
>=20
> Then we can move it to /bin (?)

If you have /rescue on your system, you have a static vi already.  Not
vim, admittedly, but in a fix I would think you could muddle through with
it.

Dan

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