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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: more-2.11o-2


On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 08:23:45PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Eric Blake wrote:
>> > A new release of more, 2.11o-2, is available.
>> > 
>> > NEWS:
>> > =====
>> > This is a minor bugfix release - more was recompiled against newer
>> > versions of libraries so that it can now access large files and no longer
>> > has the security flaw of the older regular expression parser libpcre.
>> 
>> I just installed this, and noticed that selecting it for install also 
>> selects vim -- a rather startling 3MB download for a "minor bugfix"!  Is 
>> that because the newer versions of the libraries are in the vim package, 
>> or is it in error?
>
>more has a feature where it can invoke your editor.  If VISUAL and
>EDITOR are undefined in your environment, it insists that 'vi'
>exist somewhere on your path.  I ensured this was the case by
>editing setup.hint accordingly.  However, this may have been
>a bit extreme, so cgf may want to remove vim as a dependency
>in the setup.hint, now that he has volunteered to be the more
>maintainer.

Hmm.  I guess I'll remove it but I see why you added it.

cgf

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