darwin-install: work around existing vim swap files #6603
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User on Matrix reported install problems which presented as "vifs:editing error" which we traced back to vim griping about an existing swap file. When opened interactively, it did this: E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name "/etc/.fstab.swp" owned by: root dated: Sön Apr 24 16:54:10 2022 file name: /private/etc/fstab modified: YES user name: root host name: MBP.local process ID: 1698 While opening file "/etc/fstab" dated: Sön Apr 24 16:56:27 2022 NEWER than swap file! ...
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Adds
-nflag to invocations of /usr/bin/ex to work around an issue withvifserroring out when the swap file exists.User on Matrix reported install problems which presented as
"vifs:editing error" which we traced back to vim griping about an
existing swap file. User opened it interactively and got:
Clean test run from my repo: https://github.com/abathur/nix/actions/runs/2422364592