On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:35:36PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Somehow /usr/bin/editor got deleted, and this is causing problems > upgrading many of my editors. > > I first saw this with vim > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267095) a week ago, > but it's since bit me with many others (I track testing). > > I suspect this has something to do with the fact that, in an effort to > make emacs my default text editor, I pointed editor at > /etc/alternatives/emacs (rather than a "real" binary): > # update-alternatives --display editor > editor - status is auto. > link currently points to /etc/alternatives/emacs > /usr/bin/emacs21 - priority 0 > /bin/ed - priority -100 > slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/ed.1.gz > /usr/bin/nvi - priority 19 > slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nvi.1.gz > /usr/bin/vim - priority 120 > slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz > /bin/nano - priority 40 > slave editor.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/nano.1.gz > /etc/alternatives/emacs - priority 150 > slave editor.1.gz: /etc/alternatives/emacs.1.gz > Current `best' version is /etc/alternatives/emacs. > > (That was from before /usr/bin/editor vanished, though I see about the > same output now). > > I suspect the real problem is not vim, but either that I have used > update-alternatives improperly, or that it has a bug. > > Can anyone shed any light on this, or even on whether I should reassign > the bug elsewhere (dpkg?)?
Which /usr/bin/editor? ~/linux-2.6.0/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx %% ls -l /usr/bin/editor /etc/alternatives/editor lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 4 2003 /etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Aug 2 2003 /usr/bin/editor -> /etc/alternatives/editor ~/linux-2.6.0/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx %% Which of those two files is missing? The second you can recreate easily: ln -s /etc/alternatives/editor /usr/bin/editor The first you could probably do: update-alternatives --auto editor Did you say you pointed /usr/bin/editor at /etc/alternatives/emacs? Don't do that. Instead, restore the link to /etc/alternatives/editor, and: update-alternatives --config editor Select emacs from the list. (Warning: I am an emacs-hater, I may have subconsiously sabotaged the directions...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
