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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c9f3a8de..012da790 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: 1997/09/22 22:36:47 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/23 16:13:02 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at <a href="#G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> <a href="#G7">G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?</a><br> +<h1>Build-time problems:</h1> + +<a href="#B1">B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.</a><br> + <h1>Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:</h1> <a href="#F1">F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc no longer work?</a><br> @@ -251,6 +255,22 @@ Connection</a>; we like the freeware UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW IMAP is the reference implementation of IMAP.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="B1">B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.</a></h2> + +If you get errors resembling these<P> + +<pre> +mxget.o(.text+0x35): undefined referenceto `__res_search' +mxget.o(.text+0x99): undefined reference to`__dn_skipname' +mxget.o(.text+0x11c): undefined reference to`__dn_expand' +mxget.o(.text+0x187): undefined reference to`__dn_expand' +make: *** [fetchmail] Error 1 +</pre> + +then you must add "-lresolv" to the LOADLIBS line in your Makefile +since you have installed the `bind' package.<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="F1">F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc file no longer work?</a></h2> <h3>If your file predates 4.0.6:</h3> @@ -1338,7 +1358,7 @@ template string in fetchmail.c. <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: 1997/09/22 22:36:47 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/23 16:13:02 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |