On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 11:18:56PM +0100, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> Can I have the opinion of some y'all on the following:
>
> I've noticed that files in /bin/ are pointing to /etc/alternatives/
> (symbolic link) which then links to a file in /usr/bin/. Is this
> something that is recommended? I thought that the files in /bin/ should
> be able to run without /usr/ being available...
>
> ls -l /bin/ | grep alter
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 30 19:13 vi ->
> /etc/alternatives/vi*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 30 19:13 vim ->
> /etc/alternatives/vim*
>
> ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 10 23:13
> /etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/vim-enhanced*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 5 06:42
> /etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/vim-enhanced*
>
/bin/vim-minimal is still in /bin. You won't need vim-enhanced if you
can't mount /usr/
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