[BlueOnyx:02846] Re: metamail package

[JW Simpson]

This is what I've done so far:

        # wget
        http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/RedHat/ftp/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/metamail-2.7-30.src.rpm
        # rpm --nosignature -i -p metamail-2.7-30.src.rpm
        # rpmbuild -ba metamail.spec

That seems good, but then I get a slew of warnings and an error from
rpmbuild:

        shared.c:14: error: conflicting types for ‘malloc’

I guess practice makes perfect ...

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 12:47 -0600, JW Simpson wrote:

> Michael,
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply.
> I was under the impression that BlueOnyx is a RedHat derivative?
> Can I download the .src.rpm from a RedHat repository and use 'rpm
> -i' ?
> 
> On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 08:48 +0100, Michael Stauber wrote: 
> 
> > Hi JW,
> > 
> > > I'm wanting to use metamail on a BlueOnyx system, and it does not seem
> > > to be in any of the repositories.
> > > Does anybody know if there is a reason why it's not in the standard
> > > repositories?
> > 
> > There are so many tools, programs and utilities dealing with mail in one form 
> > or other, that you'll hardly find the more exotic or obscure ones in a 
> > mainstream distribution.
> > 
> > > Is anybody else using it?
> > 
> > On BlueOnyx? I doubt it. For BlueOnyx we don't need metamail and apparently 
> > CentOS doesn't have it in their repository either. Funnily enough we do have 
> > mailcap, which is used by metamail according to the RPM info:
> > 
> > [root@# yum info mailcap.noarch
> > [...]
> > Installed Packages
> > Name       : mailcap
> > Arch       : noarch
> > Version    : 2.1.23
> > Release    : 1.fc6
> > Size       : 18 k
> > Repo       : installed
> > Summary    : Associates helper applications with particular file types.
> > License    : public domain
> > Description: 
> > 		The mailcap file is used by the metamail program.  Metamail 
> > 		reads the mailcap file to determine how it should display 
> > 		non-text or multimedia material.  
> > 
> > 		Basically, mailcap associates a particular type of filewith a 
> > 		particular program that a mail agent or other program can call
> > 		in order to handle the file.
> > 
> > 		Mailcap should be installed to allow certain programs to be able to
> > 		handle non-text files.
> > 
> > > There is a warning on the system about using non-certified repositories:
> > >
> > >         cat /etc/yum.repos.d/0_WARNING.txt
> > 
> > Yeah, too many people messed up their BlueQuartz or BlueOnyx boxes by tying 
> > them into RPMforge and then doing a "yum update". Hence we put that warning 
> > there.
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> JW Simpson <john at swajime.com>
> SwaJime's Cove℠

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JW Simpson <john at swajime.com>
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