From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: compile on MacOS, Install and config information is a bit confusing
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:49:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831qy7c0jt.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875ynkujga.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (message from Uwe Brauer on Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:23:49 +0200)
> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:23:49 +0200
>
> >> ,----
> >> | 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'.
> >> `----
> >>
> >> Isn't this a bit confusing.
>
> > Why is it confusing? What is unclear about that warning?
>
> This part is *not* confusing, what is confusing that this option is
> *not* mentioned in the INSTALL file in the nextstep directory.
>
> It is not coherent, to recommend to use
>
> ./configure --with-ns
>
> And then let a message tell you to use a different option
It is not a different option, it is an additional option, which is not
recommended in general and listed only for those who use 'movemail',
but cannot install GNU Mailutils.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-08 6:27 compile on MacOS, Install and config information is a bit confusing Uwe Brauer
2022-04-08 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-08 7:23 ` Uwe Brauer
2022-04-08 9:19 ` Tim Cross
2022-04-09 6:44 ` Uwe Brauer
2022-04-08 10:49 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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