Re: vim: errors launching "/usr/bin/vi

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

On 12/20/2023 1:34 PM, Lee via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 9:01 AM marco atzeri  wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 6:04 AM Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>>
>>> On 20/12/2023 03:47, Beau James via Cygwin wrote:
>>>> This problem appeared with my most recent Cygwin update that included an
>>>> update to "vim".
>>>
>>> vi is usually an alias to vim
>>>
>>> $ alias | grep vi
>>>
>>>    alias vi='vim'
>>>
>>> so you are in reality calling vim
>>>
>>> $ which vim
>>> /usr/bin/vim
>>>
>>>
>>> I am investigating the /usr/bin/vi issue
>>>
>>
>> -2 version should have solved the issue
> 
> I don't get any error or warning messages now but 'vi' still doesn't
> always get me the same thing:
> 
> $ vi --version | head -5
> VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 20 2023 06:57:02)
> Included patches: 1-2155
> Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> 
> $ /bin/sh
> 
> $ vi --version | head -5
> VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 20 2023 06:53:22)
> Included patches: 1-2155
> Modified by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Compiled by <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Tiny version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

Your second shell is not a login shell.  Could that be the problem?

Ken