On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:45:31AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:42:18AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote:
> > > An alternative solution could be to have the installation add a symlink from /bin/ex to /usr/bin/ex, this could save patching GDB which indeed looks to have until today /bin/ex hardcoded in the codebase.
> > > It looks to be a pretty standard path across unix likes.
> > > 
> > > I can work on a patch for the alternative solution if it sounds better
> > 
> > While that would be easy to do (LINKS in usr.bin/vi/build/Makefile and
> 
> Ah sorry that's only for hard links which won't work. Anyway. let's not
> go down this road.
> 
> > simple adjustments in distrib/sets) it doesn't feel right for many
> > reasons: for example, /bin only contains statically linked binaries,
> > which ex isn't. After all, it's a quirk of gdb we're talking about...
> > 

Got it, interesting, thanks.