backport vim 7 to dapper

[auxbuss]

VIM7 introduces many interesting new features.

The package from edgy does not compile in dapper because it uses features from a newer dpkg which is not in dapper. However, it is rather easy to remove this dependency as done in the package from backports.org

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

punting to -backports

[John Dong (jdong)]

Cool; will take a look.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

I've rebuilt the packages for dapper (i386 and amd64) here:
http://siretart.tauware.de/vim7-for-dapper/

I needed to bake out some changes from debian/control, so a 'normal' backport is not possible. Please try these packages and give some feedback

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Have tried this and get the following error from GDebi:

   "Error: Failed to satisfy broken dependencies (broken cache)"

When installing "vim-common_7.0-035+1ubuntu2~dapper0.1_i386". This happened after I attempted to install the package.

Just found the fix: had to go into Synaptic and select "Fix Broken Packages" from the "Edit" menu. I didn't realise you had to remove the existing Vim packages before installing the new ones. Hope this helps anyone who has the same problems. Would also like to know how I would have done that through the command line, that was the first thing I tried, but couldn't find anything that would fix the problems.

Once up and running, all seems fine (have installed vim-common, vim-runtime, vim-gui and vim-full all i386 versions).

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

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[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

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[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

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[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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Liam McDermott.

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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Liam McDermott.

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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Liam McDermott.

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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Liam McDermott.

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Hi,

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Liam McDermott.

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Please remove Liam McDermott from here, he's always sending two mail's from her auto-responser mail.

[Liam McDermott (liam-intermedia-online)]

Sorry for the auto-responder. My fault. Won't do it again.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

There seems to be some interest in vim7 packages for dapper. While I prepared some test packages, I still have not got any answer whether they work for you or not.

since vim is a rather important package, I'd like to hear some storys how the new package work for you. I have already done a simple 'works for me test' which consists maily of starting and openening a file. I'm more interested in advanced users who are actually using more than the basic features of vim before considering to upload vim7 to dapper-backports.

[auxbuss (launchpad-auxbuss)]

I can confirm that it works okay. I use it constantly, including use of the latex suite.

[John Eikenberry (jae)]

I use Dennis' vim7 backport extensively for programming, email and general text editing. I have a fair number of scripts, macros and plugins that all work fine. The spell checking and omni completion both work great, as does every other older feature I use. I use it daily with no problems.

[zenrox (kergan)]

it installs ,runs, i dont know how to use it do i dont pretend to

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

So, just to clarify, an automatic backport from feisty gutsy does *not* work? If you have a manual backport, create a minimal debdiff, attach it here, and upload to dapper-backports directly.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

debdiff for vim7 backports. I updated the backport to the latest security upload.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

debdiff uploaded to dapper-backports, waiting for archive admins to accept it.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

accepted

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

and accepted the binary.