Yesterday, I received the upgrade from vim-minimal-2:9.1.2114-1.fc42.x86_64 to vim-minimal-2:9.1.2128-2.fc42.x86_64. In version 9.1.2114-1 and before, /usr/bin/vi was a shell script that called /usr/bin/vim if present and /usr/libexec/vi only as a fallback, which was removed without a replacement apparently in 9.1.2114-2. This broke behaviour that has been consistently present (even if implemented in different ways) since at least 2004 based on my reading of the spec file. Now running "vi" on the shell gives me the vim-minimal binary instead of the regular vim from the vim-enhanced package. This really messes with my muscle memory, and I can't be the only one. Please restore the traditional behaviour. Reproducible: Always
Explained via PM - the change was done because vi is required to be binary for working with sudo option NOEXEC, and other solutions do not provide complete coverage: - alternatives are now fixed to work under immutable OS, but it is explicitly mentioned vi->vim alias is incorrect use of alternatives due plugin compatibility and feature set - https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Alternatives/#_usage_within_fedora - so no use of alternatives there - alias configuration requires shell reload and do not work under sudo So per Kevin's request I will include the shell alias, but it will need shell reload to start working and it won't work under sudo environment.
FEDORA-2026-828de4864b (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-828de4864b
FEDORA-2026-828de4864b (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FTR - I will fix this in other Fedoras as well - it just took like 2 hours to build the package in rawhide yesterday, because of lack of s390x and Anubis cancelling my watch-task like 15 times as AI agent protection.
*** Bug 2439734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
FEDORA-2026-f7eefb9f6e (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-f7eefb9f6e
FEDORA-2026-f7eefb9f6e (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
*** Bug 2440379 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
FEDORA-2026-36e120e597 (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-36e120e597
FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f
FEDORA-2026-36e120e597 (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
*** Bug 2440595 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
FEDORA-2026-85c085b59f (vim-9.1.2146-2.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.