Instal quirks

W . Suika Roberts writes:
> -Could we not link iv to vi? It made me worry when basic things just
> didn't work. (I had a 20k dos vi that worked better :/ )

The latest iv package uses the new update-alternatives support in ipkg
0.9 to install a /bin/vi link. It does this with a fairly low
priority, (20 I think), so that any other better vi package can take
over the link by calling update-alternatives with a higher priority.

I agree that iv is rather painful. I think elvis-tiny will make a very
nice replacement.

> -linking direct instructions on how to get to the skiffs and just
> where the new .ipks for things like vim are to be found would also be
> nice.

The unstable feed of familiar has the latest packages. I don't think
vim is in there yet, but we would gladly accept a package from you if
you would like to make one. :) vim-tiny in Debian/arm might make a
very easy starting point, (just ipkg-deb-unbuild the .deb, remove the
cruft, then call ipkg-build and you'll have yourself a shiny new
vim-tiny.ipk).

-Carl

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