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[fetchmail]fetchmail 5.7.4: build problems continue

2001-03-12 13:08:42
fetchmail 5.7.4, like fetchmail 5.7.2, generates a Makefile that
contains dependencies on the nonexistent aclocal.m4.  I don't really see
why I should have to install GNU autoconf just to build fetchmail; no
other software I've seen that uses autoconf to generate "configure"
requires that autoconf be installed in order to run "configure" or build
the software.

fetchmail 5.7.4 also seems dead-set on trying to build with inet6
support even if I pass the configure option "--disable-inet6".  By
default it tries to enable inet6 support; with "--disable-inet6"
configure bonks out with:

checking for getaddrinfo in -linet6... no
configure: cannot find proper glibc version or libinet6,
           which is required for IPv6 support.

I am running fetchmail on a libc5 system; up until now that hasn't been
a problem.