Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 822314
/bin/vi is missing
Last modified: 2012-06-15 19:49:39 EDT
Description of problem: The most recent update removed /bin/vi Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2:vim-minimal-7.3.515-1.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. try to execute /bin/vi 2. 3. Actual results: command not found Expected results: vi compatible editor Additional info: $ repoquery --provides 2:vim-minimal-7.3.515-1.fc16.x86_64 /bin/vi config(vim-minimal) = 2:7.3.515-1.fc16 vi = 7.3.515-1.fc16 vim-minimal = 2:7.3.515-1.fc16 vim-minimal(x86-64) = 2:7.3.515-1.fc16 $ repoquery -l 2:vim-minimal-7.3.515-1.fc16.x86_64 /etc/virc /usr/bin/ex /usr/bin/rvi /usr/bin/rview /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/view Note the difference between the provides and the file list. The vim-minimal that shipped with F16 has /bin/vi: $ repoquery -l 2:vim-minimal-7.3.315-1.fc16.x86_64 /bin/ex /bin/rvi /bin/rview /bin/vi /bin/view /etc/virc
This breaks (at least) "crontab -e", which expects /bin/vi to be there if you don't have the EDITOR environment variable set.
vim-7.3.515-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vim-7.3.515-2.fc16
Package vim-7.3.515-2.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing vim-7.3.515-2.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8354/vim-7.3.515-2.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
*** Bug 825814 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 832347 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
vim-7.3.515-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.