Package: vim
Version: 2:8.1.0875-5
Severity: important
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The load-order indicated by :version
Note: $VIM/vimrc is /usr/share/vim/vimrc which is a soft-link to /etc/vim/vimrc.
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
This is a generalization of
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864074
That bug report complains rightly about the behavior mentioned in patch
7.4.2111 which
loads defaults.vim if no .vimrc is found. However, it loads this even if
/etc/vim/vimrc *is* found. A new method has been proposed, but the ticket is
still open:
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2917
The "defaults file" really makes no sense here. Defaults implies a default
configuration --
items that are set which are only set if not previously set. To load defaults
after
/etc/vimrc and $HOME/.vimrc etc makes absolutely no sense. The vim devs know
this, but for
some hilarious reason are afraid reverting to the long-standing behavior will
break things for new users *facepalm* since that patch release.
Expected behavior can be achieved by (solution 1) the following at the top
of /etc/vim/vimrc (suggested by "cheater" in the bug 2042 thread ref'd below):
:if ! filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc')) && !
filereadable(expand('~/.vim/vimrc'))
: source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
: let skip_defaults_vim=1
:endif
This ensures the defaults are loaded as before, but can be overridden in
/etc/vim/vimrc. However, it also checks to make sure that individuals with
a .vimrc file of their own will NOT read the defaults file, as is current
behavior.
Solution 2 is as follows:
1. Copy the contents of defaults.vim to /etc/vim/defaults.vim.
2. Truncate /usr/share/vim/.../defaults.vim. Make it a 0-length file.
3. in /etc/vim/vimrc, source /etc/vim/defaults.vim file as above:
:if ! filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc')) && !
filereadable(expand('~/.vim/vimrc'))
: source /etc/vim/defaults.vim
:endif
The benefit of this solution is that admins can modify default.vim.
Solution 3 is to reverse-patch vim with the 7.4.2111 patch. Users who want the
newer features will need to explicitly load them, as has always been the case
before the patch.
For more reading on this topic, see the thread at
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2042 should be helpful. Long thread but
insightful.
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-- Package-specific info:
--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.basic
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.basic
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.11
APT prefers oldstable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-18-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.53-4
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libgpm2 1.20.7-5
ii libselinux1 2.8-1+b1
ii libtinfo6 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2
ii vim-common 2:8.1.0875-5
ii vim-runtime 2:8.1.0875-5
vim recommends no packages.
Versions of packages vim suggests:
pn ctags <none>
pn vim-doc <none>
pn vim-scripts <none>
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