Bug 1969936

Hi,

for me it works until Version 8.2.2879-1.fc34.

Version 8.2.2932-1.fc34 got this bug for me, too.

I see that the most recent Version (8.2.2956-1.fc34) throws this error too.

Hi cagney and Markus,

thank you for reporting the issue!

Actually I found out two issues:

1) vi generates the error you reported - it is because upstream added this error once defaults.vim isn't loaded (patchlevel 2905), which isn't by design in case vi, because defaults.vim is shipped only in vim-common, which is dependency of vim-enhanced.

2) /etc/virc isn't loaded at all in case of 'vi'


I'll look into this issue further.

FYI the error is harmless, but annoying - you get into 'vi' after you press any key.

Actually, I take back the 2) - /etc/virc is read by:

3162		(void)do_source((char_u *)SYS_VIMRC_FILE, FALSE, DOSO_NONE, NULL);

The error is reported by this part of code:

3169         /*
3170          * Try to read initialization commands from the following places:
3171          * - environment variable VIMINIT
3172          * - user vimrc file (s:.vimrc for Amiga, ~/.vimrc otherwise)
3173          * - second user vimrc file ($VIM/.vimrc for Dos)
3174          * - environment variable EXINIT
3175          * - user exrc file (s:.exrc for Amiga, ~/.exrc otherwise)
3176          * - second user exrc file ($VIM/.exrc for Dos)
3177          * The first that exists is used, the rest is ignored.
3178          */
3179         if (process_env((char_u *)"VIMINIT", TRUE) != OK)
3180         {
3181             if (do_source((char_u *)USR_VIMRC_FILE, TRUE,
3182                                                       DOSO_VIMRC, NULL) == FAIL
.
.
.
3202                 && !has_dash_c_arg)
3203             {
3204                 // When no .vimrc file was found: source defaults.vim.
3205                 if (do_source((char_u *)VIM_DEFAULTS_FILE, FALSE, DOSO_NONE,
3206                                                                  NULL) == FAIL)
3207                     emsg(e_failed_to_source_defaults);
3208             }

which means defaults.vim is tried to be loaded if there is no user's .vimrc/.exrc files.

But the same error happens once you call 'vi --clean'.

I'll try to ship defaults.vim with vim-minimal too - I will need to change Conflicts between vim-common and vim-minimal again.

If anyone wants to turn off defaults.vim for vim-minimal, you can add:

let skip_defaults_vim = 1

into /etc/virc or into your personal ~/.virc.

Sorry, the rebuild is blocked in rawhide. Vim started to fail with new Python3.10.

I'll look into that too - reported here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970330 .

Pushed into rawhide for now, thought building it blocked - so the correct status is MODIFIED.

*** Bug 1970721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 34. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7

FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c has been submitted as an update to Fedora 33. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c

It works now. I am deeply impressed how friendly and fast you did this. Thanks a lot.

FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7 has been pushed to the Fedora 34 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c has been pushed to the Fedora 33 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

(In reply to Markus Teuber from comment #12)
> It works now. I am deeply impressed how friendly and fast you did this.
> Thanks a lot.

No problem, you're welcome - I can just hope you didn't mean it as a sarcasm :) .

Thank you for reporting the issue!

Seriously, no sarcasm.

FEDORA-2021-e31e9c85c7 has been pushed to the Fedora 34 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

tks

FEDORA-2021-9aac6c044c has been pushed to the Fedora 33 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Hi,
I think a workaround to use until fix bubbles down to all ...
touch ~/.exrc
In other words, if vim is able to read even an empty .exrc, then it won't complain.
If I'm misunderstanding something, pls let me know :)

Hi John,

the fix should be in Fedora for a year right now - do you still get the error?

I've briefly checked F36 and the error is not shown, because defaults.vim is now provided by vim-data subpackage, which contains files needed by all Vim versions (vi/vim/gvim), which solves the issue for most people.

But sure, your way works as well, although it requires user intervention, which I cannot imitate during packaging.