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~/.selected_editor
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Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Hi,
the 'vipw' program uses a file that isn't documented. The attached patch
should fill this gap, although I haven't tried to build the package with
it.
Enjoy,
Toni
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.5
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-18-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii libaudit1 1:3.0.9-1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u4
ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.33-2
ii libpam-modules 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6+deb12u1
ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6
ii libsemanage2 3.4-1+b5
Versions of packages passwd recommends:
ii sensible-utils 0.0.17+nmu1
passwd suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
diff --git a/man/vipw.8.xml b/man/vipw.8.xml
index 4caddcb..9775af7 100644
--- a/man/vipw.8.xml
+++ b/man/vipw.8.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ On the first run, this program asks you for an editor and stores your
+ selection in ~/.selected_editor. If the editor mentioned therein does
+ not exist on your system, the program will fall back to using 'nano'.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>gshadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>~/.selected_editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
<citerefentry condition="tcb">
<refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
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--- Begin Message ---
sensible-editor(1) and friends are defining features of Debian; it
doesn't make sense to document it in all programs that traditionally
would use EDITOR/VISUAL.
Chris
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