From 9b6b11cf6cc3e0d3408aad96abaec98efb685122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 16:13:02 +0000 Subject: Add link failure message. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1392 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?
G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?
+

Build-time problems:

+ +B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.
+

Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:

F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc no longer work?
@@ -250,6 +254,22 @@ sources for IMAP software at The IMAP Connection; we like the freeware UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW IMAP is the reference implementation of IMAP.

+

+

B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.

+ +If you get errors resembling these

+ +

+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
+
+ +then you must add "-lresolv" to the LOADLIBS line in your Makefile +since you have installed the `bind' package.

+

F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc file no longer work?

@@ -1338,7 +1358,7 @@ template string in fetchmail.c.
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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