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Package: neovim
Version: 0.10.4-8
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Trying to run `vimdiff` after setting up Neovim, I find it using
`vim.nox`, and Neovim is not set up to provide a vimdiff
alternative:
> update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/bin/nvim for vimdiff not
> registered; not setting
All that's needed is this in `postinst`:
```
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vimdiff vimdiff
/usr/libexec/neovim/vimdiff 40
```
and it works.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.22-amd64 (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages neovim depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-7
ii libluajit-5.1-2 2.1.0+openresty20250117-2
ii libmsgpack-c2 6.0.1-3+b1
ii libtree-sitter0.22 0.22.6-6
ii libunibilium4 2.1.1-2+b1
ii libuv1t64 1.50.0-2
ii libvterm0 0.3.3-3+b1
ii lua-lpeg 1.1.0-2
ii lua-luv 1.48.0-2-3
ii neovim-runtime 0.10.4-8
Versions of packages neovim recommends:
ii python3-pynvim 0.5.2-2
ii xclip 0.13-4
ii xxd 2:9.1.1230-1
Versions of packages neovim suggests:
pn ctags <none>
ii vim-scripts 20210124.4
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--- Begin Message ---
On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 02:36:54PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
Trying to run vimdiff after setting up Neovim, I find it using vim.nox, and
Neovim is not set up to provide a vimdiff alternative:
update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/bin/nvim for vimdiff not
registered; not setting
/usr/bin/nvim isn't the alternative, because nvim doesn't do the argv
detection like vim does. However, neovim _does_ register a vimdiff
alternative[0] using /usr/libexec/neovim/vimdiff.
[0]: https://binarycontrol.debian.net/cache/unstable/neovim/postinst
I'm not sure why your install didn't have it registered.
Cheers,
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