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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-16 15:18:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-16 15:18:30 +0000 |
| commit | 42ab9317b29345538c6a7406535371afc92b578d (patch) | |
| tree | a9ca0931effac5084eb0c2c4c0e9680b45543353 | |
| parent | ff24c32a7c0ec19be79d2db189bb8938dd5179b9 (diff) | |
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Added warning about Solaris.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c5be0056..1d723cfb 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/14 20:31:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/16 15:18:30 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ dumped to all my terminal sessions.</a><br> <a href="#O3">O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?</a><br> <a href="#O4">O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take a line hit while downloading?</a><br> +<a href="#O5">O5. Why is my exclusion lock failing under Solaris</a><br> <h1>Answers:</h1> <hr> @@ -1300,11 +1301,19 @@ href="http://www.imap.org">IMAP</a>. IMAP has an explicit expunge command and fetchmail uses it to delete messages quickly after they are downloaded.<P> +<hr> +<h2><a name="O5">O5. Why is my exclusion lock failing under Solaris?</a></h2> + +Because root-mode fetchmail wants to put its pid file in /var/run, +which doesn't normally exist on out-of-the-box Solaris machines. This will be +fixed in a future version; in the meantime, you can edit the file +template string in fetchmail.c. + <HR> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/14 20:31:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/16 15:18:30 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |