https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=305790 Summary: vim's alternatives are not set up correctly on update from 10.2 Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Beta 2 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: sbeattie@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- I updated this evening from 10.2 to Beta2. Here's the state of the vim binaries post update: [kryten ~]$ ls -l /usr/bin/vi{,m} /bin/vi{,m} /etc/alternatives/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2007-08-28 16:50 /bin/vi -> vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2007-08-28 16:50 /bin/vim -> /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-06-13 15:04 /etc/alternatives/vim -> /bin/vim-normal lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-08-28 16:50 /usr/bin/vi -> /bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-08-28 16:50 /usr/bin/vim -> /bin/vim [kryten ~]$ rpm -qa | grep vim vim-data-7.1-29 vim-7.1-29 vim-base-7.1-29 [kryten ~]$ update-alternatives --display vim vim - status is manual. link currently points to /bin/vim-normal /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client - priority 0 /bin/vim-normal - priority 15 Current `best' version is /bin/vim-normal. [kryten ~]$ sudo update-alternatives --config vim There are 2 programs which provide `vim'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client *+ 2 /bin/vim-normal Enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 2 Using `/bin/vim-normal' to provide `vim'. [kryten ~]$ ls -l /usr/bin/vi{,m} /bin/vi{,m} /etc/alternatives/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2007-08-28 16:50 /bin/vi -> vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2007-08-28 16:50 /bin/vim -> /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-08-29 01:09 /etc/alternatives/vim -> /bin/vim-normal lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-08-28 16:50 /usr/bin/vi -> /bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-08-28 16:50 /usr/bin/vim -> /bin/vim This is seriously borked. Please let me know what additional logs I need to provide so you can fix this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.