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Re: Installation fails because of mutt_dotlock



Hello (Bonjour) Vincent,

I didn't get your previous emails on this topic though I've been
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like some information you already got from this list.

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:30:48PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I still have the same problem:
> 
> $ make install
> [...]
> chgrp: changing group of `/home/vlefevre/i686-linux/bin/mutt_dotlock': 
> Operation not permitted
> Can't fix mutt_dotlock's permissions!
> make[3]: *** [install-exec-local] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/vlefevre/software/mutt/mutt'
> make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/vlefevre/software/mutt/mutt'
> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vlefevre/software/mutt/mutt'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> though there's already a system mutt_dotlock: /usr/bin/mutt_dotlock
> How can I ask Mutt to use it instead of installing a new one?

Mutt can be told to use the mutt_dotlock of your choice, for example I
have this in .muttrc:

set dotlock_program="/usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock"
#
# Name: dotlock_program
# Type: path
# Default: "/usr/bin/mutt_dotlock"
# 
# 
# Contains the path of the mutt_dotlock (8) binary to be used by
# mutt.
# 

If you want "make install" to not die on the permission error and
continue as much as it can, "make -k install" could help.

Au revoir.

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