On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 07:57:27PM +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote:

> diff --git gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
> index fbe93c902..40ff739f7 100644
> --- gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
> +++ gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/cli/cli-cmds.c
> @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ edit_command (char *arg, int from_tty)
>      }
>  
>    if ((editor = (char *) getenv ("EDITOR")) == NULL)
> -      editor = "/bin/ex";
> +      editor = "/usr/bin/ex";
>    
>    /* Approximate base-10 log of line to 1 unit for digit count */
>    for(log10=32, m=0x80000000; !(sal.line & m) && log10>0; log10--, m=m>>1);
> diff --git gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> index 6af8d3789..3de22cbc6 100644
> --- gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> +++ gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
>  @set EDITION Ninth
>  
>  @c !!set GDB edit command default editor
> -@set EDITOR /bin/ex
> +@set EDITOR /usr/bin/ex
>  
>  @c THIS MANUAL REQUIRES TEXINFO 4.0 OR LATER.
>  
> 

What makes you think this is correct?

$ which ed
/bin/ed

	-Otto