#14040 closed defect (wontfix)
Vim.app uses absolute paths for data files
| Reported by: | hawkins22@… | Owned by: | raimue (Rainer Müller) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.6.0 |
| Keywords: | vim-app | Cc: | |
| Port: |
Description
Starting vim.app runs into problems finding syntax.vim, color files, etc. It is looking in /Applications/MacPorts/Vim/Vim.app, and I had moved the app file to /Applications/Vim.app. It appears it used to be hardcoded to /opt/local/..., but these should be relative links, not absolute.
Change History (6)
comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
| Keywords: | vim-app added |
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| Milestone: | → Port Bugs |
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to raimue@… |
| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 follow-up: 3 Changed 16 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
comment:3 Changed 16 years ago by hawkins22@…
App packages are supposed to be completely contained... Thus, you can run them from anywhere. Move the app package to /Applications/Vim.app (I don't wnat to keep unneccessary subfolders under Applications).
Run the application. first, several colors in my .vimrc file aren't found. first problem.
next, type ":syntax on".
This error appears: can't open file /Applications/MacPorts//Vim/Vim.app/Contents/Resources/ vim/syntax/syntax.vim
Neither of these tests are a problem in the original location.
comment:4 Changed 16 years ago by danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)
If you move files around that macports has installed, it can no longer manage them for you (ie it won't be able to remove the moved files when you 'uninstall' or 'upgrade' the port).
comment:5 Changed 16 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
As this is not a symlink, it is directly compiled into the Vim.app binary. It is told to use that path as a configure flag.
Vim.app is not self contained, nor is any other .app in /Applications/MacPorts. That's the main reason why they are in a subfolder.
In the first place, why did you move it around? In r33299 I moved Vim.app to /Applications/MacPorts/Vim.app.
According to ls -lAR /Applications/MacPorts/Vim.app I couldn't find any symlinks at all in Vim.app. What exactly where you referring to? Do you have some error message or anything?
Please provide more information.