Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:22:48 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db) Message-ID: <430E0C78.1080905@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050825150531.GI1282@ayvali.org> References: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org> <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050825150531.GI1282@ayvali.org>
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N.J. Thomas wrote: > BUGS > > Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system. > The most egregious exception is the rescue version of vi(1), > which currently requires that /usr be mounted so that it can > access the termcap(5) files. Hopefully, a failsafe termcap(3) > entry will eventually be added into the ncurses(3) library, so > that /rescue/vi can be used even in a system where /usr cannot > immediately be mounted. In the meantime, the rescue version of > the ed(1) editor can be used from /rescue/ed if you need to edit > files, but cannot mount /usr. > >I don't know how old this note is, but I hope the failsafe termcap will >be added soon. > >Thomas > > > Will ex not work? Since it's just vi without graphics it shouldn't need a termcap (which doesn't mean it won't want one of course). What was $TERM set to? Having said that, I can still remember a time when any sysadmin worth tuppence would know how to use ed because that was all that worked on a teletype :-) --Alex
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