patch 8.0.1287: temp file used for viminfo may have wrong permissions commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/aeeb6888ca3ee5122793b37c5aacc6c960b02c37 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Nov 11 16:45:19 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.1287: temp file used for viminfo may have wrong permissions Problem: The temp file used when updating the viminfo file may have the wrong permissions if setting the group fails. Solution: Check if the group matches and reduce permissions if not.

README_unix.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on Unix systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.


When you use the source distribution, "make install" is used to install Vim.
See the "INSTALL" file in the "src" directory.

If you use a compiled package, follow the instructions for the package.