Re: 1.5.16 build issues on BSD
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 11:38:46PM +0200, Oliver Peter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 10:00:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 03:17:03PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 06:24:08PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to build mutt 1.5.16 on a BSD system (it's not mine, it's
> > > > my hosting provider, Gradwell.Net).
>
> Do you have root access to this box at all?
No.
> If not, it doesn't make sense to use ports because you have to install
> some dependencies to /usr/local ...
>
That's what I suspected.
> > > If that doesn't work, you'll either need to check
> > > the BSD ports, or find replacements for these functions somewhere, and
> > > hack the build system or some Mutt code (maybe util.c) to include them.
> > >
> > I did go and look at the download links to BSD ports but, to be quite
> > honest, they made little sense to me. I.e. I got to:-
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=mutt&stype=name
> >
> > ... but then didn't really know what to do. There's a download link
> > to a .tgz file but not being a FreeBSD person I haven't a clue what to
> > do with that file and I don't even know whether it will install
> > non-root.
>
> You downloaded a binary package. The current production release of
> FreeBSD is 6.2. All packages are precompiled for 6.2 so you will not
> be able to use them on your machine. 4.8 has so support since years
> now.
>
> There's a non-official legacy support for 4.x called 'end-of-life' but
> you (or your provider) will have to upgrade to this version.
> In this case you can move to 6.2 instead :)
>
I think Gradwell have their own reasons for staying at 4.8, it could
be that other machines have later versions (and I might be able to use
one of those other machines). I'm going to ask around to see what's
available.
> > > > Can anyone suggest how to get around this problem, don't say upgrade
> > > > the OS as I said it's not mine so that's not a possibility.
> > >
> > > You might be able to get your hosting provider to do it. It's
> > > Likely to fix the problem, and likely to fix other problems...
> > >
> > I'll ask on the Gradwell newsgroups, I know quite a few Gradwell
> > customers use mutt and it may be that someone has built/installed
> > 1.5.x already.
>
> Check out the current FreeBSD patches for mutt-devel, too. You can
> find all of them at
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/mail/mutt-devel/files/
>
> Feel free to contact me if you have more FreeBSD specific questions.
>
Thanks.
--
Chris Green