[arch-general] Err... Why is gvim now conflicting with vim?

Burlynn Corlew Jr burlynn at gmail.com
Fri May 7 11:01:23 EDT 2010


On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David C. Rankin <
drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/07/2010 09:48 AM, Burlynn Corlew Jr wrote:
> > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Johannes Held <mail at hehejo.de> wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.archlinux.org/news/495/
> >>
> >> * If you have gvim installed, the update will inform you that vim
> conflicts
> >>  with gvim. This is the expected behavior. Installation of vim and gvim
> >>  separately is no longer required, the gvim package now installs vim as
> >> well.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gruß, Johannes
> >> http://hehejo.de
> >>
> >
> > This is a rolling release, not an LTS. There is no excuse to not be
> updating
> > regularly and reading the news. If its a production machine and you are
> > worried about breakage maybe you shouldnt be running arch on it. The ML,
> > forums, and irc are full of people who refuse to read the news or update
> > regularly, and we all waste time answering questions that with proper
> arch
> > maintenance would ensure that they never come up.
> >
>
> It's people like you that give arch a bad reputation. Grow up.
>
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Saying you were wrong would be the more mature avenue. I did not bash or
call names, I stated the obvious. This is not the first time the ML has been
posted with your obvious questions.


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