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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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Message #30 received at 31737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: m43cap <at> yandex.com, 31737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:27:13 +0200
>
> I think the current suggested fix is this:
>
> (append
> (list
> (or mail-source-movemail-program
> - (expand-file-name "movemail" exec-directory))
> + "movemail"
> nil errors nil from to)))))
> (when (file-exists-p to)
> (set-file-modes to mail-source-default-file-modes))
>
> That will work for people who have Mailutils installed in $PATH, and
> for those who donʼt it should use the exec-directory one.
>
> The only issue is that people who install Mailutils after they've
> built emacs will now be switched to using the Mailutils movemail, with
> no indication that itʼs happened.
Which is what we want, I think, given the message output by
'configure'.
So I think we should install the above.
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