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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:12:19 -0400
From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, BjXrn KXnig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, qa@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <20060415071815.56F845285C@eurystheus.local>
Subject: Re: [patch] environment variable EDITOR is set wrong in fixit mode
References: <20060415071815.56F845285C@eurystheus.local>

>Number:         95954
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Re: [patch] environment variable EDITOR is set wrong in fixit mode
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 17 17:50:16 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:    Mon Apr 17 19:32:42 GMT 2006
>Last-Modified:  Mon Apr 17 19:32:42 GMT 2006
>Originator:     
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
 On Saturday 15 April 2006 03:18, BjXrn KXnig wrote:
 >=20
 > >Submitter-Id:	current-users
 > >Originator:	Bj=F6rn K=F6nig
 > >Organization:=09
 > >Confidential:	no=20
 > >Synopsis:	[patch] environment variable EDITOR is set wrong in fixit mode
 > >Severity:	non-critical
 > >Priority:	medium
 > >Category:	misc
 > >Class:		change-request
 > >Release:	FreeBSD 6.1-RC i386
 > >Environment:
 > System: FreeBSD hoppel.local 6.1-RC FreeBSD 6.1-RC #0: Fri Apr 14 20:32:0=
 6 CEST 2006 bkoenig@hoppel.local:/home/bkoenig/obj/home/bkoenig/devel/freeb=
 sd/RELENG_6_1/src/sys/HOPPEL i386
 > >Description:
 > 	If you start the fixit mode of disc1 then the
 > 	environment variable EDITOR is set wrong. Its
 > 	value is /mnt2/stand/vi, but vi doesn't exist
 > 	at this place.
 >=20
 > 	This concerns the variable PAGER likewise.
 > =09
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 	Go to fixit mode:
 >=20
 > 	Fixit# $EDITOR
 > 	/mnt2/stand/vi: not found
 >=20
 > >Fix:
 > 	There are at least two possible solutions.
 >=20
 > 	First of all /mnt2/stand is a symlink to /rescue,
 > 	but /rescue doesn't exist. It migth be better to
 > 	create a symlink to "rescue" instead of "/rescue".
 > 	In this case /mnt2/stand would be a symlink to
 > 	"rescue", i.e. /mnt2/rescue becomes the real path.
 > 	EDITOR don't need to be changed and vi works. PAGER
 > 	still doesn't work, because more doesn't exist
 > 	in rescue.
 >=20
 > 	A second approach would be to simply change EDITOR to
 > 	/mnt2/usr/bin/vi resp. PAGER to /mnt/usr/bin/more.
 >=20
 > 	These two patches deals with the issue. You may
 > 	apply both patches.
 
 I think the first patch is better and EDITOR should be
 unchanged.  Perhaps the PAGER should be set only if
 /mnt2/usr/bin/more exists?  If you use the fixit floppy
 instead of the CD I think it won't exist.
 
 =2D-=20
 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
 "Power Users Use the Power to Serve"  =3D  http://www.FreeBSD.org
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Mon Apr 17 19:31:59 UTC 2006 
State-Changed-Why:  
Misfiled followup to misc/95792; content migrated. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 17 19:31:59 UTC 2006 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  

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