On Di, 19 Mai 2026, 'Duisenberg, Ken' via vim_dev wrote:
> I got my vim recipe from: > https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/recipe/96649/ I have no idea what this is or why you need a vim recipe. > I posted this at vi.stackexchange.com: > https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/48653/building-vim-small-gets-with-features-big-added > but they said vim.inc is not part of github, so I came here. > > I see Christian posted this in my stackexchange question > That is certainly not a diff for github Vim repo. We don't ship such a file > recipes-support/vim/vim.inc. I am guessing this might be some homebrew repo? > Also please note, that vim-small and vim-big have officially been retired as > of v9.0.0657 and v9.0.0700 > - Christian Brabandt<https://vi.stackexchange.com/users/71/christian-brabandt> > CommentedMay 16 at > 15:40<https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/48653/building-vim-small-gets-with-features-big-added#comment88738_48653> > > ... but it still looks like a bug in the layer to me. Is it not? Possibly, but not for us. We are not related in any way to the webpage that provided that "recipe". That needs to be fixed by whoever created that recipe. You should report it at the websites issue tracker or maintainer/contact. > I discovered when building 9.2.0340 vim-small, it includes the > --with-features=big. This is due to vim.inc PACKAGECONFIG[tiny] > including that flag when "tiny" is not included. Here is a patch that > fixes this. I tried searching to see if there's already a patch, but > didn't see one. I was actually trying to use the > -with-features=small, but because I didn't include "tiny", I got both > small and big in my variables. > > As for retiring vim-small, what it the expected method for effectively > building with less features? Building small still worked, so is it > deprecated? The reason for retiring vim-small was, that the feature set between vim-small and vim-tiny was so small, that this distinction no longer made sense. Either use vim-tiny if you want a small vim, or enable specific flags directly using the configure script. Best, Christian -- There is a natural hootchy-kootchy to a goldfish. -- Walt Disney -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/ag1eT829kZUiYPfs%40256bit.org.
