vim failing with `E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim`

[mika]

Noted on a currenty grml64-small unstable daily ISO:

root@grml ~ # vim foo
E1187: Failed to source defaults.vim
Press ENTER or type command to continue

FTR:

root@grml ~ # dpkg --list vim-\* grml-etc-core 
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-==================================================
ii  grml-etc-core  0.19.2       all          core etcetera files for the Grml system
ii  vim-common     2:8.2.4793-1 all          Vi IMproved - Common files
un  vim-gtk3       <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  vim-motif      <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  vim-nox        <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  vim-tiny       2:8.2.4793-1 amd64        Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - compact version
root@grml ~ # grml-version 
grml64-small_sid build3874 Release Codename autobuild-build3874 [2022-07-11]

[jkirk]

Fix is "on the way": https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004118#48

[jkirk]

Just tested this with grml64-small 2022.11, testing daily ISO (build 4331) + unstable daily ISO (build 4065) and can report that this problem does not occur anymore. Closing therefor.