-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Christian Schwarz, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: >> If the envar EDITOR isn't set, less uses /usr/bin/editor. This is >> problematic since there are no editor packages yet that register that as >> an alternative. So, possibly it should depend on >> /usr/bin/sensible-editor since that's actually in a package and mentions >> that you should set $EDITOR. But the way it is now, actually complies >> with the 2.3.0.0 packaging standards. So, it might be a bug against >> debian-policy but not until it's been discussed. Therefore, I'm cc'ing >> this to debian-policy (this could be considered a bug of this message.) > >I think this is actually a bug of less or debian-policy, it a bug of your >preferred editor not providing /usr/bin/editor. Please assign this bug to >the editor package.
I realized that I wasn't clear aft I sent that off. The problem with less is that it doesn't have any dependencies so that something it depends on is there. I'd be rather confused if I came from another unix OS where 'v' in less brings up vi and I get '/usr/bin/editor: not found'. I might realize that I need to set $EDITOR but then I might not. On the other hand, if less invoked sensible-editor instead of editor, I would be told: echo -e "Couldn't find an editor!" 2>&1 echo -e "Set the \$EDITOR environment variable to your desired editor." 2>&1 Using sensible-editor would also give a concrete dependency to less (debianutils (>= 1.6)) rather than a nebulous "your editor should provide this." I can't tell dpkg this... Darren - -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.daft.com/~torin> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI programmer and tutor. @ @ Make a little hot-tub in your soul. @ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBNCf5mY4wrq++1Ls5AQHLcQQAlAOrLmZQ1Edu69jRUvRLsPc5HHOH8LVY QhiTZASUKa/6fj674R8Xl/YuGW2RONfSr3HH4NZGnfadoRydTSZf+gwGUWVx1Q26 vNqV6z9XrT7azo+EbJPoWlZJX4p+SzVPlFgea30EEQ/htJT2cWNKBGTe40tcxxpH 3bD5MmWucBI= =Pzf0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
