Re: mhfixmsg character set conversion

[Steven Winikoff]

>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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