Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:41:08 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: receiving mail directly Message-ID: <199808110041.MAA10168@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19980811093501.H20188@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199808110001.JAA11724@allegro.lemis.com>; from Ludwig Pummer on Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 05:01:29PM -0700
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On 11 Aug 98, at 9:35, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 10 August 1998 at 17:01:29 -0700, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > > At 05:16 PM 8/10/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Monday, 10 August 1998 at 19:10:54 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > >>> On 10 Aug 98, at 16:13, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Probably the easiest way is to check the Makefiles... ah: > >> > >> # NOTE: The fetchmailconf program (an interactive program for > >> # writing .fetchmailrc files) requires Python, found in the Ports > >> # Collection under lang/python. The fetchmail program itself > >> # does not need Python, so there is no RUN_DEPENDS for Python in > >> # this Makefile. > > > > But it fails if Python isn't installed. > > It didn't fail for me, nor for Dan. See below: I think I've misled someone. I think Greg is saying that the port worked for me. I don't think it did. I had trouble with that. And that's what prompted this thread. I don't have x-windows installed. I eventually went to the package, which when I used pkg_add, it worked. > >> Just to see if this was correct, I made and installed the package. I > >> had no problems. This was with the latest version (updated 26 July). > >> If you have problems with that version, let me know. The package installed fine, but the exe is dated 24 July. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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