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Re: [debian-knoppix] symlinks OK



Le Vendredi 22 Août 2003 22:58, Klaus Knopper a écrit :
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:36:12PM +0200, Baeckeroot alain wrote:
> > Hello Knoppix world
> > 
> > First I want to thanks KK for the really nice job of knoppix3.2
> > 
> > I have installed the latest knoppix-v3.2-2003-07-26 (whith kernel 2.4.21-xfs)
> > and I thinks i have a huge bug or misconfiguration:
> > 
> > my symlinks are replaced by the file when I use "vi" (or gvim):
> > 
> 
> Actually, this behaviour of vim is correct. Otherwise, it would not be
> possible to overwrite files in /etc that are symlinks to files on the
> CD-Rom. Check /etc/vim/vimrc for an option that says "set nobackup". If
> you comment this out, vim will not unlink the file prior to overwriting,
> and you will have to manually delete files in /etc prior to :wq!, if
> they are symlinks to files on CD.
> 
> Regards
> -Klaus Knopper
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OK everything is allright for me now :)
I didn't though it could be a feature, but now I understand.
I commented the line where everything is explained. (sorry)

"set backupcopy=no      " KNOPPIX: Overwrite files/links with w!

Thanks again
Alain

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