patch 8.0.1469: when package path is a symlink 'runtimepath' is wrong commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2374faae111057ee28e8d487f9a52a95855e2206 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Feb 4 17:47:42 2018 +0100 patch 8.0.1469: when package path is a symlink 'runtimepath' is wrong Problem: When package path is a symlink adding it to 'runtimepath' happens at the end. Solution: Do not resolve symlinks before locating the position in 'runtimepath'. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes #2604)

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

The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).

For more information, see the README.txt file that comes with the runtime
archive (vim-8.0-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
archive too!