From 42ab9317b29345538c6a7406535371afc92b578d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 15:18:30 +0000 Subject: Added warning about Solaris. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1344 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ dumped to all my terminal sessions.
O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?
O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take a line hit while downloading?
+O5. Why is my exclusion lock failing under Solaris

Answers:

@@ -1300,11 +1301,19 @@ href="http://www.imap.org">IMAP. IMAP has an explicit expunge command and fetchmail uses it to delete messages quickly after they are downloaded.

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O5. Why is my exclusion lock failing under Solaris?

+ +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. +
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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