patch 8.0.0946: using PATH_MAX does not work well on some systems commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a9f8ee05f46f2d6621a3719cd15150155d33eed4 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Aug 14 23:40:45 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0946: using PATH_MAX does not work well on some systems Problem: Using PATH_MAX does not work well on some systems. Solution: use MAXPATHL instead. (James McCoy, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1973)

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.