--- ./runtime/vimrc.new.orig	2016-08-10 16:02:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ./runtime/vimrc.new	2016-08-11 11:46:09.385806714 -0500
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 
 endif " has("autocmd")
 
+" Make vim work with the 'crontab -e' command
+set backupskip+=/var/spool/cron/*
+
 " Add optional packages.
 "
 " The matchit plugin makes the % command work better, but it is not backwards