Looking at my 'jammy' installation I see that nginx.vim is installed in /usr/share/vim/vim82/syntax so I'm closing this report as being fixed.
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to vim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778485 Title: Add nginx syntax to the default vim package Status in vim package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: vim Could you add the nginx.vim into the syntax directory and add the appropriate line into the filetype.vim ? Here are all you need : http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1886 Thank you, ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: vim-runtime 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 6 14:56:45 2011 Dependencies: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/778485/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp