On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> - As pointed out off-line, you also need to get it the termcap library. Doing
> cp /usr/share/misc/termcap.db /root/.termcap.db
You propably want to strip that bugger down to its bones; they weight in
at around 2Mb including the un-db-ed version.
> Assuming you have the object files from a buildworld hanging around, then
> cd /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/vi
> cc -O -pipe -o vi *.o -lncurses -static && strip vi && mv vi /bin/
> should probably supply you with what you want.
When using VI in such a situation I usually also use rc.diskless2 to
On 2003-01-25 19:22, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 1:36 AM + 1/26/03, Petersen wrote:
> >Assuming you have the object files from a buildworld hanging around, then
> >cd /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/vi
> >cc -O -pipe -o vi *.o -lncurses -static && strip vi && mv vi /bin/
> >should pro
In the last episode (Jan 25), Paul Hoffman said:
> Nice! e3 built from the ports collection linked statically
> automatically. e3 didn't work correctly on my console (it didn't
> recognize the Alt key), but e3vi worked fine and felt just like vi.
Alt key support requires you to modify yur syscons
At 1:36 AM + 1/26/03, Petersen wrote:
Assuming you have the object files from a buildworld hanging around, then
cd /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/vi
cc -O -pipe -o vi *.o -lncurses -static && strip vi && mv vi /bin/
should probably supply you with what you want.
Two modifications made this work fi
In the last episode (Jan 25), Paul Hoffman said:
> At 1:36 AM + 1/26/03, Petersen wrote:
> >Paul Hoffman wrote:
> >> I'm kinda surprised this isn't in the FAQ (or at least not in a
> >> place that I could find it). It is really impossible to build a vi
> >> with no external dependencies that ca
At 1:36 AM + 1/26/03, Petersen wrote:
Paul Hoffman wrote:
I'm kinda surprised this isn't in the FAQ (or at least not in a place
that I could find it). It is really impossible to build a vi with no
external dependencies that can be installed in /bin?
What made you think it was impossible
Paul Hoffman wrote:
> I'm kinda surprised this isn't in the FAQ (or at least not in a place
> that I could find it). It is really impossible to build a vi with no
> external dependencies that can be installed in /bin?
What made you think it was impossible?
> All I want is
> something that kn
