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#31737
26.1.50; Gnus does not use mailutils movemail
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Reported by: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 19:25:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 26.1.50
Fixed in version 26.2
Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: m43cap <at> yandex.com, 31737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:01:14 +0200
>
> > Sorry, I don't think I follow: mail-source-movemail-progam is a
> > variable in Gnus, and its default is nil.
>
> Yes, and in that case Gnus looks for movemail in 'exec-directory'
> only, where emacs no longer installs it if it found Mailutils
> movemail at configure time.
But then the fix should be where mail-source-movemail-progam is used,
not in its default value, right? Gnus should use executable-find to
look for the program named by mail-source-movemail-progam.
> >> [1] Eli, 26.2? This is an emacs-26 regression
> >
> > What exactly was the regression, and which change do you propose for
> > the branch?
>
> Gnus can no longer use movemail, even though at configure time it was
> found.
And why is that an emacs-26 regression? the value of that variable
hasn't changed since 2004, AFAICS.
> The simplest fix is below, but it will cause people who currently have
> Mailutils movemail installed, but an emacs built to not use it, to
> start using it, so it makes me uncomfortable. Perhaps gnus should
> check in 'exec-directory' first if mail-source-movemail-program is
> nil, and then fall back to 'executable-find'?
I see no need for any special handling by Emacs here: the user could
customize the value to point to "our" movemail as an absolute file
name, in which case executable-find will pick it up. We just need to
change Gnus to use executable-find where the variable is used.
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