Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:31:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: receiving mail directly Message-ID: <19980811123100.P20188@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980810224137.A13045@astro.psu.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 10:41:37PM -0400 References: <199808100710.TAA24348@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> <199808100610.SAA10671@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> <19980810161319.L11095@freebie.lemis.com> <199808100710.TAA24348@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> <19980810171644.M11095@freebie.lemis.com> <199808110009.RAA25851@hub.freebsd.org> <19980810224137.A13045@astro.psu.edu>
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On Monday, 10 August 1998 at 22:41:37 -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 05:01:29PM -0700, Ludwig Pummer wrote:
>
>> But it fails if Python isn't installed. And installing python and tk isn't
>> fair either...so the Makefile should check if Python is installed before
>> attempting to use python.
>
> Um, I helped to figure out how to handle the python problem with
> that port, and I tested it on my system, without python installed.
>
> If there is a python-related problem, please submit a transcript
> showing the error.
I haven't seen any problem. The other two haven't documented the
version of the port which they tried; I used the most recent one. If
there was a problem, I suspect it's gone away.
>> But the installation failed at a non-python part, if I remember correctly.
>> The work/fetchmail-blah/Makefile has a line under install: which begins
>> with ${LN}, which isn't defined on my system.
LN is a macro defining the name of the ln program, which should be
/bin/ln.
>> I ended up changing the line to a cp line and gzipped the
>> referenced manfiles myself. Also, that Makefile defines a few
>> INSTALL_blah environment variables, which seemed to need
>> switching-around.
This doesn't look like a python-related problem.
> Again, I've tested most or all recent versions of this port. Since
> it worked for me, it is hard to figure out what problems you are
> encountering. Since fetchmail is useful and popular software, I
> very much want the port to work correctly for everyone. Please
> show us exactly what problems you are having!
That's assuming that you still have problems with the latest
versions. If it's already fixed, we don't need to fix it again.
Greg
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