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diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml index 955aac2da..74ddfd688 100644 --- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml @@ -35,3 +35,24 @@ documentation. </sect2> +<sect2> +<title>FHS compliance notes</title> + +<para> +The FHS says that editors like vim should use /var/lib/<editor> for their +temporary state files, like temporary save files for example. If you wish vim to +conform to the FHS, you should use this command set instead of the one presented +above: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + <userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/vim &&</userinput> + <userinput>make &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install &&</userinput> + <userinput>cd /usr/bin &&</userinput> + <userinput>ln -s vim vi &&</userinput> + <userinput>mkdir /var/lib/vim</userinput> +</literallayout></blockquote> + +</sect2> + |