Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:23:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the place of vi Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414012039.26876E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199804140612.QAA02981@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, John Birrell wrote: > Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > Any thoughts on the wisdom of this? I *CAN'T* be the only one who thinks > > this way... > > Some (many?) don't use vi. I do, though, but I just mount /usr to > exit rc.conf. Do you have a funny set up that doesn't let you > boot single user, then: > > mount -u / > mount /usr > vi /etc/rc.conf Though, having lived through a couple bad panics, it would have been nice not to have to rely on my weak knowledge of ed. I would guess that, most likely, if you know enough about your system to be able to make some real use of a statically linked vi, then you probably do already know how to make it yourself. Statically linked, it's huge, and those of us that have minimal systems (not me!) would correctly howl at the idea of the bloat. > > -- > John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ > CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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