The community wiki currently claims that the default editor for visudo has been sensible-editor since 8.10 [1]. But for me in both 12.04 and 14.04, `sudo visudo` still launches /etc/alternatives/editor, so select- editor doesn't actually change visudo's editor; for that I have to run `sudo update-alternatives --config editor`. So I suspect that either the wiki has incorrect advice, or this bug has been fixed, and has since reappeared.
* [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers?action=recall&rev=25#content -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280877 Title: visudo does not use sensible-editor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debianutils/+bug/280877/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
