package/vim/vim.mk define VIM_REMOVE_DOCS find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/vim -type f -name "*.txt" -delete endef This removes file rgb.txt which is used by vim in syntax coloring. Then, when vim tries to color it's output, you could see something in the sort of: Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim80/syntax/syncolor.vim: line 46: E254: Cannot allocate color SlateBlue Press ENTER or type command to continue
Thanks for the bug report. I propose to remove /usr/share/vim/vim80/doc/ instead, and keep all the rest.
Fix proposed at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/702870/.
Fixed in https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=f7a07f42f70a73806fd2f6bf3662fc6907845fe9. Thanks for having reported the issue!