This is an easy way to download and build the latest, assuming that
you have the prerequisites listed in the MACHINES file (and respond
to the build_nmh questions):
wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nmh.git/plain/build_nmh
sh build_nmh -v
Thanks for that. I just tried it, but unfortunately the build failed
at the test step (details appended).
I don't know whether it matters that I ran the build script using my
regular account rather than with root privileges, with the root directory
configured in /tmp (because this is a temporary installation for testing
rather than something I'm planning to keep).
In case it matters, the configuration answers below are the same as in my
real installation of version 1.7.1.
Ah, OK, maybe it wasn't lynx.
It wasn't. I just realized what it was, and it turns out I owe you an
apology for reasons I'll explain separately in a reply to your message
from last night.
- Steven
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$ mkdir -p /tmp/nmh/root
$ cd /tmp/nmh
$ wget http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nmh.git/plain/build_nmh
$ sh build_nmh -v
Install prefix [/local]: /tmp/nmh/root
Locking type (dot|fcntl|flock|lockf) [determined by configure]: fcntl
MTS (smtp|sendmail/smtp|sendmail/pipe) [smtp]:
SMTP server [localhost]:
Cyrus SASL support (y|n) [determined by configure]: no
TLS support (y|n) [determined by configure]: yes
downloading . . .
autoconfiguring . . .
configuring . . .
building . . .
testing . . .
build failed, build log is in nmh/build_nmh.log
$ tail -30 nmh/build_nmh.log
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/show.man > man/show.1
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/slocal.man > man/slocal.1
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/sortm.man > man/sortm.1
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/unseen.man > man/unseen.1
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/whatnow.man > man/whatnow.1
/sbin/sed -f man/man.sed man/whom.man > man/whom.1
./etc/bash_completion_nmh-gen > etc/bash_completion_nmh
./etc/mhn.defaults.sh
"/home/smw/bin:/local/paths:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib"
./etc/mhn.find.sh > etc/mhn.defaults
/sbin/sed -e 's,%mts%,smtp,' \
-e 's,%mailspool%,/var/mail,' \
-e 's,%smtpserver%,localhost,' \
-e 's,%default_locking%,fcntl,' \
-e 's,%supported_locks%,fcntl dot flock lockf,' \
< ./etc/mts.conf.in > etc/mts.conf
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nmh/nmh'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:4996: check-TESTS] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:5261: check-am] Error 2
===================
FAIL: test/mhbuild/test-attach
FAIL: test/mhbuild/test-ext-params
FAIL: test/repl/test-convert
3 of 118 tests failed
===================
configure.ac:8: warning: The macro `AC_CONFIG_HEADER' is obsolete.
configure.ac:135: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:142: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_COMPILE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:188: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.ac:213: warning: AC_PROG_LEX without either yywrap or noyywrap is
obsolete
make[1]: *** [Makefile:4996: check-TESTS] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:5261: check-am] Error 2
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smw@smwonline.ca | popular; make them because you know they
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| - Theodore Hesburgh