Bug#368737: vim cannot show syntax highlighting

[Clemens Schwaighofer]

Package: vim
Version: 1:7.0-017+4
Severity: normal


Since upgrade to version 7.0 vim cannot do any syntax highlighting. if i type :syn on I get this error:

Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim70/syntax/syntax.vim:
line   42:
E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufRead

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.9
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6-9     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                     1.19.6-22   General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-2       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  vim-common                   1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-runtime                  1:7.0-017+4 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim recommends no packages.

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