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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:05:41 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Adam Ryan Mcdougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: the place of vi
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414010430.16398C-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <3532FB4B.541EC6EE@ameritech.net>

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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Adam Ryan Mcdougall wrote:

> Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> > 
> > OK, here's a question...
> > Is vi statically linked?
> > If so, what's the chance that it could be stuck in /bin, say?
> > It's kinda aggravating to bring the system up in single user mode and have
> > to fsck and mount /usr jsut to be able to change something stupid in
> > rc.conf that I forgot.
> 
> He shoots... OHH HE MISSES!
> 
> % ldd /usr/bin/vi 
> /usr/bin/vi:
>         -lcurses.2 => /usr/lib/libcurses.so.2.0 (0x20056000)
>         -ltermcap.2 => /usr/lib/libtermcap.so.2.1 (0x20062000)
>         -lc.3 => /usr/lib/libc.so.3.1 (0x20066000)
Doh, I figured it probably was, but I can pray, can't I?

> btw you can try to make a static vi by editing the Makefile in the src
> dir for vi and adding CFLAGS = -static
> remember the bin will be in /usr/obj/ :)
Any thoughts on the wisdom of this?  I *CAN'T* be the only one who thinks
this way...

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