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From 1e534b8a0da393c90b6dedeb5fdd1abd08293ae7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:00:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] systemctl: Use /usr/bin/editor if available

If the EDITOR environment variable is not set, the Debian policy
recommends to use the /usr/bin/editor program as default editor.
This file is managed via the dpkg alternatives mechanism and typically
used in Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives to configure the default editor.

See section 11.4 of the Debian policy [1].

Therefor prefer /usr/bin/editor over specific editors if available.

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html

(cherry picked from commit 9391a1c3d6c94c478b0016a81df3f874fd99260e)
---
 man/systemctl.xml         | 1 +
 src/systemctl/systemctl.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 94a77bce0c..9b79c2df0f 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
         <varname>$VISUAL</varname> are present or if it is set to an empty
         string or if their execution failed, systemctl will try to execute well
         known editors in this order:
+        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
         <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>nano</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
         <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>vim</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
         <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index f8e10a4710..cf5aa07ac6 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -5870,7 +5870,7 @@ static int run_editor(char **paths) {
                         execvp(editor, (char* const*) args);
                 }
 
-                FOREACH_STRING(p, "nano", "vim", "vi") {
+                FOREACH_STRING(p, "editor", "nano", "vim", "vi") {
                         args[0] = p;
                         execvp(p, (char* const*) args);
                         /* We do not fail if the editor doesn't exist