change vim's compilation part: make CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\"

[gerard@…]

Try out: CPPFLAGS='-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\"/etc/vimrc\"'

Less backslash mess for sure. Not sure if there are other caveats.

[iwanek@…]

according to the INSTALL file in the vim package:

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Unix: PUTTING vimrc IN /etc Some Linux distributions prefer to put the global vimrc file in /etc, and the Vim runtime files in /usr. This can be done with:

./configure --prefix=/usr make VIMRCLOC=/etc VIMRUNTIMEDIR=/usr/share/vim MAKE="make -e"

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this might be better than the kludge we use so far, besides when using the patches the current method fails

[gerard@…]

"make -e" is deemed a Very Bad Thing. It means that any environment variables you have set will override what is in Makefile files. CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, CPPFLAGS come to mind that could have settings causing other problems with building a package. I'm not too keen on anything that requires a 'make -e' to modify a build behaviour. I rather fix it a proper way (patch, sed, whatever).

[iwanek@…]

vim-6.1-vimrc - makes vim look for vimrc and gvimrc in /etc

[gerard@…]

Another suggestion was made: --sysconfdir=/etc

Maybe that works, maybe not. This current CPPFLAGS hack was based on a previous vim version, back then sysconfir didn't work. Maybe it will work now. There's also the release of Vim-6.2 and upgrade into the book soon, maybe it already has fixes for this integrated (ie: one of those 400+ vim patches).

[iwanek@…]

--sysconfdir=/etc still dosnt work, and as of vim-6.2 our CPPFLAGS mangling dosnt work the only remaing options are: 1) the following command taken from vim's INSTALL file and modified to use a self contained enviroment (env -i) env -i PATH=$PATH make VIMRCLOC=/etc VIMRUNTIMEDIR=/usr/share/vim MAKE="make -e" 2) a patch, the one that tushar wrote for BLFS or the the one which ive attached to this bug will work fine I suggest #2 since it makes for an easier build (less to type therfore less to go wrong)

[gerard@…]

Fixed in a different way that seems more correct: echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h