From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
Cc: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>, Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: emacs-26.1-rc1: ./configure
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 10:55:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h8mxtoto.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAC65A45-C0E1-47EB-92CC-A435AB94AED2@scratch.space> (Van L.'s message of "Thu, 24 May 2018 11:27:02 +1000")
Van L <van@scratch.space> writes:
>> Alan Third writes:
>>
>> I have to be
>> honest, I’ve no idea why. I just use:
>>
>> ./configure
>>
>> and it works fine.
>
> Er, not really for me, I get at the end of tag release emacs-26.1-rc1’s
>
> ./configure
>
> configure: WARNING: This configuration installs a 'movemail' program
> that does not retrieve POP3 email. By default, Emacs 25 and earlier
> installed a 'movemail' program that retrieved POP3 email via only
> insecure channels, a practice that is no longer recommended but that
> you can continue to support by using './configure --with-pop'.
> configure: You might want to install GNU Mailutils
> <https://mailutils.org> and use './configure --with-mailutils’.
>
> and that might’ve pushed me to explore configure’s switches, by trial and error.
The intent was to push you to install GNU Mailutils, since thatʼs a
better replacement for Emacs's built-in movemail. Can we improve the message?
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-24 8:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-15 5:19 Should this package be included into the NS port? George Plymale II
2018-05-15 18:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-15 18:36 ` Alan Third
2018-05-16 2:48 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-18 19:36 ` Alan Third
2018-05-18 21:21 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-19 4:57 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-19 15:49 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-23 5:22 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-23 19:29 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-19 9:50 ` Alan Third
2018-05-19 16:06 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-19 18:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-22 1:42 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-22 1:48 ` Van L
2018-05-22 19:04 ` Alan Third
2018-05-23 2:30 ` Off Topic (was: Should this package be included into the NS port?) Van L
2018-05-23 20:43 ` Alan Third
2018-05-24 1:27 ` emacs-26.1-rc1: ./configure (was: Off Topic) Van L
2018-05-24 8:55 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2018-05-24 10:51 ` emacs-26.1-rc1: ./configure Van L
2018-05-24 11:51 ` Robert Pluim
2018-05-24 11:57 ` Van L
2018-05-24 23:47 ` Van L
2018-05-22 19:15 ` Should this package be included into the NS port? Alan Third
2018-05-22 20:09 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-19 4:42 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-19 10:33 ` Alan Third
2018-05-19 11:51 ` Philipp Stephani
2018-05-19 16:52 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-23 4:55 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-23 5:11 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-23 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-23 16:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-23 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-23 21:21 ` Alan Third
2018-05-24 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-24 17:46 ` Philipp Stephani
2018-05-24 17:51 ` Philipp Stephani
2018-05-24 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-16 2:44 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-17 22:13 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-18 18:50 ` Alan Third
2018-05-18 20:40 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-19 8:31 ` Michael Albinus
2018-05-19 4:29 ` Nick Helm
2018-05-19 15:38 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-29 21:29 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-29 21:42 ` Alan Third
2018-05-29 23:40 ` George Plymale II
2018-05-31 20:40 ` Alan Third
2018-06-01 1:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 18:31 ` George Plymale II
2018-06-02 19:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 20:11 ` Alan Third
2018-06-03 2:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 18:26 ` George Plymale II
2018-06-02 16:45 ` Ryan Thompson
2018-06-02 17:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 18:56 ` George Plymale II
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