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Re: WTF: bug uses ee



On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 05:31:49AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
>   How come bug program uses ee?

It doesn't. 'update-alternatives --config editor'.

> the web page says that joe will be used if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR
> variables are set.

The man page (I think that's what you meant?) is wrong. /usr/bin/editor
is used, and what that points to is configurable by the system
administrator.

Chances are you removed a package that provided the editor alternative
and which used to be the default, and ee was the highest-priority one
left.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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