From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 14 20:44:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA06739 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:44:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA06722 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 03:44:09 GMT (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from localhost (fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA22699; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:43:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:43:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: "Luke H." cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: asbestos suited static vi In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Luke H. wrote: > Maybe just have a port/package that installs a static vi to /bin? That was my plan. A binary packagee, with all the termcap db's etc that we need, and possibly a source patch so you could jsut make world par regular and you'll have a static vi in /bin. Possibly branching out into FreeBSD/static, with static tcsh, static bash, static party hats, static cling, etc. An insane flight of fantasy I know, but it's a direction that a lot of people will have a use for one piece or another of. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message