Hi, > > - While ed(1) is arguably used rarely, it's POSIX as well, > > it is not marked obsolete either, and there are still systems > > around where it's the only editor you have, e.g. the OpenBSD > > installation image. > > And at times, one should consider that POSIX... does not always > do things right (e.g. the 512-byte block size, which humans are > not excelling in doing calculations with - 1024 or so would have > made more sense in that regard). > > If ed is wanted, perhaps LSB should only include it by reference > to POSIX, and not explicitly include it in LSB. vi is often (or always?) placed in /usr/bin, and /usr is on a separate partition. At least this is useful for all the source distributions which place source files in /usr. Or another setup, a small root on the disk with /usr being mounted over nfs... There are many scenarios, and they all exclude vi from being in /. Thus, having at least some editor in / without mounting another (perhaps not even working) partition is useful, and exactly.
Regards, Julian
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