I’m pretty sure that it was a vim alternative at the time I installed it. – Might have been 10+ years ago, though.
Anyway... good to know which way to go now. Regards, Robert On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 2:39 PM Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the vim-tiny package: > > #1004118: E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim > > It has been closed by James McCoy <james...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact James McCoy < > james...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 1004118: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004118 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: James McCoy <james...@debian.org> > To: Robert Siemer <robert.siemer-report...@backsla.sh>, > 1004118-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 08:37:52 -0500 > Subject: Re: Bug#1004118: E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 03:58:58AM +0100, Robert Siemer wrote: > > vim-tiny should come with defaults.vim, I believe. > > No, vim-tiny exists purely to provide a vi binary in the base system and > therefore is geared towards a vi-like experience more so than a vim-like > experience. > > This is why vim-tiny does not register itself as an option for the vim > alternative. > > If you want it to be more vim-like, then installing vim-runtime is a > reasonable step to take. > > Cheers, > -- > James > GPG Key: 4096R/91BF BF4D 6956 BD5D F7B7 2D23 DFE6 91AE 331B A3DB > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Siemer <robert.siemer-report...@backsla.sh> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:58:58 +0100 > Subject: E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim > Package: vim-tiny > Version: 2:8.2.3995-1 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: robert.siemer-report...@backsla.sh > > vim-tiny should come with defaults.vim, I believe. Which way I’m not sure, > but it seems vim-common does not deliver it and vim-tiny does not depend > on vim-runtime, which has it. > > > -- Package-specific info: > > --- real paths of main Vim binaries --- > /usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.tiny > /usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.tiny > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers stable-security > APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU threads) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE > not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages vim-tiny depends on: > ii libacl1 2.3.1-1 > ii libc6 2.33-3 > ii libselinux1 3.3-1+b1 > ii libtinfo6 6.3-2 > ii vim-common 2:8.2.3995-1 > > vim-tiny recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages vim-tiny suggests: > pn indent <none> > > -- no debconf information >
