Vincent -- ...and then Vincent Lefevre said... % % On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:59:29 -0500, David T-G wrote: % > % This is quite annoying. A configure option to prevent it from being % > % installed would be a good idea IMHO. % > % > While I agree that it isn't a bad idea, I don't know that it's a terribly % > good idea; you can already tell mutt to not use dotlock but that still % > won't get you anywhere % [...] % % I think you haven't understood. There is already a mutt_dotlock
Ah, but I did -- but you cropped away too much! I wrote While I agree that it isn't a bad idea, I don't know that it's a terribly good idea; you can already tell mutt to not use dotlock but that still won't get you anywhere (if I understand correctly, since that simply implies that mutt itself will be installed with special privs) if you don't have permission to lock the mail spool directory, and if you knew in advance to not build mutt_dotlock because you were going to use root's version then you also know enough to just delete your new and unprivileged version after your install. and the last three lines directly answer this point. % installed here (in /usr/...) with correct permissions. But I also % want to install more recent versions of Mutt in my home directory, Yep. % and "make install" installs a mutt_dotlock with wrong permissions Yep. % too. :( I have to remove mutt_dotlock from my bin directory each % time I want to install a new version of Mutt. So which is easier, to remove a file or to tell configure to not put it there in the first place? And which is easier, to do nothing or to modify the configure and make rules? % % > I think, however, that it might be well worth adding some magic in the ... % % Yes, I want exactly that. Now we need someone to write it... % % -- % Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% % validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International % des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. % Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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