[Bug 1577663] Re: Vim compiled without clientserver support in 16.04

[Ryan Lovett]

I had the same question but for the package in 14.04. Debian's
maintainer said in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=114358:

    The 'vim' package contains a normal version, which doesn't include
    the clientserver feature. But any other of the gui-enabled vim
    packages (vim-{gtk,perl,python...}) are big versions which are
    compiled with +clientserver in. You can use any of these to get what
    you need.

I installed vim-gnome which has +clientserver, but I can still run vi
from the command-line.

Just background info for those who found this issue via search.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #114358
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=114358

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Title:
  Vim compiled without clientserver support in 16.04

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I used to rely on the clientserver features of vim. But after
  upgrading to 16.04, it seems this is not supported anymore:

  ```
  $ vim --version      
  VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Apr 08 2016 11:38:28)
  Included patches: 1-1689
  Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
  Compiled by pkg-vim-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
  Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
  +acl             +farsi           +mouse_netterm   +tag_binary
  +arabic          +file_in_path    +mouse_sgr       +tag_old_static
  +autocmd         +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  -tag_any_white
  -balloon_eval    +float           +mouse_urxvt     +tcl
  -browse          +folding         +mouse_xterm     +terminfo
  ++builtin_terms  -footer          +multi_byte      +termresponse
  +byte_offset     +fork()          +multi_lang      +textobjects
  +channel         +gettext         -mzscheme        +timers
  +cindent         -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +title
  -clientserver    +iconv           +packages        -toolbar
  ...
  ```

  Is it deliberately not included any more or was it just lost as part
  of spring cleaning? I see that other missing features after upgrading
  to 16.04 are also causing trouble for others as well (especially
  missing python3 support).

  Btw, the above output is from vim-nox, as I need the python3 support
  which is included in -nox, but clientserver is missing from both vim
  and vim-nox.

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