From 73a4db1005a730f9dce9becb7da457b8ae8aa209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:58:43 +0000 Subject: Added FAQ item B1 (B2 and B3 move down.) svn path=/trunk/; revision=3107 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index df418399..565fb94f 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/02/12 01:14:27 $ +$Date: 2001/02/15 22:58:43 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ IP address?

Build-time problems:

-B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.
-B2. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.
+B1. Make coughs and dies when building on FreeBSD.
+B2. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.
+B3. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.

Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:

@@ -651,7 +652,14 @@ TCP/IP capacity (which tends to improve bandwidth but not necessarily latency).


-

B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.

+

B1. Make coughs and dies when building on FreeBSD.

+ +The vendor-supplied make on FreeBSD systems can only be used within +FreeBSD's "scope", e.g. the ports collection. Type "gmake" to run GNU +make and better things will happen.

+ +


+

B2. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.

In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: ``Take the Solaris lex and stick it up the backside of a passing Sun @@ -664,7 +672,7 @@ I couldn't have put it better myself, and ain't going to try now.

(The same problem has been reported under HP-UX v10.20 and IRIX)


-

B2. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.

+

B3. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.

If you get errors resembling these

@@ -2981,7 +2989,7 @@ switching to IMAP and using a short expunge interval.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/02/12 01:14:27 $ +$Date: 2001/02/15 22:58:43 $

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