From b211399689fd910f280b04bd7b98230251b33e3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Llu=C3=ADs=20Batlle=20i=20Rossell?=
 <viric@vicerveza.homeunix.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:09:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Making nvi avoid /var/tmp.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=15102
---
 pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix
index d08e44699c4..6f33758ce4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nvi/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
+  # nvi tries to write to a usual tmp directory (/var/tmp),
+  # so we will force it to use /tmp.
   patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i s/-lcurses/-lncurses/ build/configure
+    sed -i -e s/-lcurses/-lncurses/ \
+      -e s@vi_cv_path_preserve=no@vi_cv_path_preserve=/tmp/vi.recover@ \
+      -e s@/var/tmp@@ build/configure
   '';
 
   configurePhase = ''