From f9e6f81117d7602811b2f25bbfd0fa2efb06865a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:04:00 +0000 Subject: Added B1 on lex failures. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1613 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c51f1083..87b489a8 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/01/22 23:33:42 $ +$Date: 1998/02/11 08:04:00 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ IP address?

Build-time problems:

-B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.
+B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.
+B2. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.

Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:

@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ not be completely current.

Yes I will, provided you include enough diagnostic information for me to go on. Send bugs to fetchmail-friends. When reporting +href="mailto:fetchmail-friends@ccil.org">fetchmail-friends. When reporting bugs, please include the following:

    @@ -393,7 +394,16 @@ first, observe the actual address range you see on connections, and add an interface option (if you need one) later.

    -

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

    +

    B1. 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 +salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier."

    + +I couldn't have put it better myself, and aren't going to try now.

    + +

    +

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

    If you get errors resembling these

    @@ -1708,7 +1718,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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