From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: m43cap@yandex.com, 31737@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31737: 26.1.50; Gnus does not use mailutils movemail
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:15:14 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sh5xtaa5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tvqdjmid.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:01:14 +0200)
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: m43cap@yandex.com, 31737@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:01:14 +0200
>
> > Sorry, I don't think I follow: mail-source-movemail-progam is a
> > variable in Gnus, and its default is nil.
>
> Yes, and in that case Gnus looks for movemail in 'exec-directory'
> only, where emacs no longer installs it if it found Mailutils
> movemail at configure time.
But then the fix should be where mail-source-movemail-progam is used,
not in its default value, right? Gnus should use executable-find to
look for the program named by mail-source-movemail-progam.
> >> [1] Eli, 26.2? This is an emacs-26 regression
> >
> > What exactly was the regression, and which change do you propose for
> > the branch?
>
> Gnus can no longer use movemail, even though at configure time it was
> found.
And why is that an emacs-26 regression? the value of that variable
hasn't changed since 2004, AFAICS.
> The simplest fix is below, but it will cause people who currently have
> Mailutils movemail installed, but an emacs built to not use it, to
> start using it, so it makes me uncomfortable. Perhaps gnus should
> check in 'exec-directory' first if mail-source-movemail-program is
> nil, and then fall back to 'executable-find'?
I see no need for any special handling by Emacs here: the user could
customize the value to point to "our" movemail as an absolute file
name, in which case executable-find will pick it up. We just need to
change Gnus to use executable-find where the variable is used.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-08 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-06 19:23 bug#31737: 26.1.50; Gnus does not use mailutils movemail Robert Pluim
2018-06-06 19:47 ` Colin Baxter
2018-06-06 19:55 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-08 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-08 16:01 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-08 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-06-08 18:47 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-08 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-11 8:27 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-11 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-11 21:47 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-12 2:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-12 6:12 ` Colin Baxter
2018-06-12 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-12 18:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-06-13 14:08 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-13 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-14 12:14 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-14 13:04 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-14 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-14 14:37 ` Robert Pluim
2018-06-14 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-14 22:54 ` Paul Eggert
2018-06-15 7:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-15 7:42 ` Paul Eggert
2018-06-15 10:21 ` Colin Baxter
2018-06-15 11:19 ` Robert Pluim
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