Remove the obsolete vim-lang instructions and variable, and add non-wide-

charater ncurses library

CHEATSHEET

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Build Settings --->
    [*] Build the kernel
          Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-lfs-1)
    [ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
-   [ ] Install vim-lang package
+   [ ] Install non-wide-character ncurses
    [ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
        TimeZone (Europe/Paris)
        Language (fr_FR.UTF-8)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Build Settings --->
    [*] Build the kernel
          Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-lfs-systemd
    [ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
-   [ ] Install vim-lang package
+   [ ] Install non-wide-character ncurses
    [ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
        TimeZone (America/Los_Angeles)
        Language (en_US.UTF-8)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Build Settings --->
    [*] Build the kernel
          Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-clfs-systemd
    [ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
-   [ ] Install vim-lang package
+   [ ] Install non-wide-character ncurses
    [ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
        TimeZone (Australia/Sydney)
        Language (en_AU.UTF-8)

CLFS/clfs.xsl

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
   -->
   <xsl:param name="bomb-testsuite" select="n"/>
 
-  <!-- Install vim-lang package? OBSOLETE should always be 'n'-->
-  <xsl:param name="vim-lang" select="n"/>
-
   <!-- Time zone -->
   <xsl:param name="timezone" select="GMT"/>
 
@@ -113,9 +110,6 @@
             <xsl:if test="sect2[@role='installation'] and
                           not(@id='ch-system-multiarch-wrapper')">
               <xsl:text>cd $PKGDIR&#xA;</xsl:text>
-              <xsl:if test="@id='ch-system-vim' and $vim-lang = 'y'">
-                <xsl:text>tar -xvf ../vim-&vim-version;-lang.* --strip-components=1&#xA;</xsl:text>
-              </xsl:if>
             </xsl:if>
             <xsl:apply-templates select=".//para/userinput | .//screen"/>
             <xsl:if test="not(@id='ch-chroot-chroot')">

CLFS2/clfs2.xsl

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
 <!-- XSLT stylesheet to create shell scripts from CLFS2 books. -->
 
-  <!-- Install vim-lang package? -->
-  <xsl:param name="vim-lang" select="y"/>
-
   <!-- Time zone -->
   <xsl:param name="timezone" select="GMT"/>
 
@@ -74,9 +71,6 @@
             <xsl:if test="sect2[@role='installation'] and
                           not(@id='ch-cross-tools-sysroot-wrapper')">
               <xsl:text>cd $PKGDIR&#xA;</xsl:text>
-              <xsl:if test="@id='ch-system-vim' and $vim-lang = 'y'">
-                <xsl:text>tar -xvf ../vim-&vim-version;-lang.* --strip-components=1&#xA;</xsl:text>
-              </xsl:if>
             </xsl:if>
             <xsl:apply-templates select=".//para/userinput | .//screen"/>
             <xsl:text>exit</xsl:text>

Config.in

@@ -927,14 +927,12 @@ menu "System configuration"
             #   and renamed 'kernel-config'
     #--- End Kernel
 
-    config    VIMLANG
-        bool "Install vim-lang package"
+    config    NCURSES5
+        bool "Install non-wide-character ncurses"
         default n
-        depends on !BOOK_HLFS && !BOOK_CLFS3
+        depends on BOOK_LFS || BOOK_LFS_SYSD
         help
-            #-- Install the optional vim-lang package
-            #   NOTE: This option is obsolete with the 7.3 release of Vim
-            #   which is included in all recent releases of LFS.
+            #-- Install the optional non wide character ncurses5 library
 
     config    TIMEZONE
         string "TimeZone"

LFS/lfs.xsl

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
   -->
   <xsl:param name="bomb-testsuite" select="'n'"/>
 
-  <!-- Install vim-lang package? OBSOLETE should always be 'n'-->
-  <xsl:param name="vim-lang" select="'n'"/>
+  <!-- Install non wide character ncurses 5? -->
+  <xsl:param name="ncurses5" select="'n'"/>
 
   <!-- Should we strip excutables and libraries? -->
   <xsl:param name='strip' select="'n'"/>
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ fi
                        @remap='test' and current()/../@id='ch-tools-dejagnu' or
                        @remap='test' and current()/../@id='ch-system-systemd'
                                    ]"/>
+    <xsl:if test="../@id='ch-system-ncurses' and $ncurses5='y'">
+      <xsl:apply-templates select=".//screen[@role='nodump']"/>
+    </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="sect1" mode="pkgmngt">

common/libs/func_book_parser

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ extract_commands() {         #
                  --stringparam method "$METHOD"            \
                  --stringparam testsuite "$TEST"           \
                  --stringparam bomb-testsuite "$BOMB_TEST" \
-                 --stringparam vim-lang "$VIMLANG"         \
                  --stringparam timezone "$TIMEZONE"        \
                  --stringparam page "$PAGE"                \
                  --stringparam lang "$LANG"                \
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ extract_commands() {         #
         echo -n " ${L_arrow}${BOLD}$ARCH${R_arrow} target architecture... "
         xsltproc --nonet                            \
                  --xinclude                         \
-                 --stringparam vim-lang "$VIMLANG"  \
                  --stringparam timezone "$TIMEZONE" \
                  --stringparam page "$PAGE"         \
                  --stringparam lang "$LANG"         \
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ extract_commands() {         #
                  --stringparam revision       "$INITSYS"      \
                  --stringparam testsuite      "$TEST"         \
                  --stringparam bomb-testsuite "$BOMB_TEST"    \
-                 --stringparam vim-lang       "$VIMLANG"      \
+                 --stringparam ncurses5       "$NCURSES5"     \
                  --stringparam strip          "$STRIP"        \
                  --stringparam del-la-files   "$DEL_LA_FILES" \
                  --stringparam full-locale    "$FULL_LOCALE"  \

common/libs/func_download_pkgs

@@ -39,16 +39,6 @@ get_sources() {              # Download file, write name to MISSING_FILES.DMP if
   for line in `cat urls.lst`; do
     IFS=$saveIFS  # Restore the system defaults
 
-      # Skip some packages if they aren't needed
-    case $line in
-      */tree* | */gcc-testsuite* ) #unneeded now?
-            [[ "$TEST" = "0" ]] && continue
-          ;;
-      */vim-*-lang* )
-            [[ "$VIMLANG" = "0" ]] && continue
-          ;;
-    esac
-
       # Locations
     URL1=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f2` # Preferred URL
     URL2=`echo $line | cut -d" " -f1` # Fallback Upstream URL

common/libs/func_validate_configs.sh

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ inline_doc
   local -r CLFS3_book="$BOOK_common                  $BOOK_clfsX PLATFORM MIPS_LEVEL"
 
   # Build Settings by book
-  local -r   LFS_build="$BUILD_chroot VIMLANG DEL_LA_FILES $BUILD_common PKGMNGT FULL_LOCALE WRAP_INSTALL"
+  local -r   LFS_build="$BUILD_chroot NCURSES5 DEL_LA_FILES $BUILD_common PKGMNGT FULL_LOCALE WRAP_INSTALL"
   local -r  HLFS_build="$BUILD_chroot $BUILD_common"
-  local -r  CLFS_build="$BUILD_chroot VIMLANG $BUILD_common"
-  local -r CLFS2_build="STRIP         VIMLANG $BUILD_common"
+  local -r  CLFS_build="$BUILD_chroot $BUILD_common"
+  local -r CLFS2_build="STRIP         $BUILD_common"
   local -r CLFS3_build="              $BUILD_common"
 
   # System Settings by book (only LFS for now)

jhalfs

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ WRAP_INSTALL=${WRAP_INSTALL:-n}
 BOMB_TEST=${BOMB_TEST:-n}
 STRIP=${STRIP:=n}
 REPORT=${REPORT:=n}
-VIMLANG=${VIMLANG:-n}
+NCURSES5=${NCURSES5:-n}
 DEL_LA_FILES=${DEL_LA_FILES:-n}
 FULL_LOCALE=${FULL_LOCALE:-n}
 GRSECURITY_HOST=${GRSECURITY_HOST:-n}