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On Sunday 11 July 2010 20:42:54 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> In check ing for updates today, I found the following: |
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> - mail-client/nmh-1.3-r1 (masked by: package.mask) |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: |
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> # Diego E. Pettenò <flameeyes@g.o> (24 Jun 2010) |
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> # on behalf of QA team |
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> # |
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> # Fails to build with Berkeley DB 5.0 (#319937); current |
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> # stable fails to build with current stable glibc (bug |
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> # #320645), last activity in both ebuild and upstream in 2008 |
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> # (and even then it wasn't from maintainers); uses $EDITOR |
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> # and $PAGER at build-time (bug #294762, and slightly related |
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> # bug #262150. One configure test becomes interactive if |
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> # app-editors/elvis is installed (bug #323541). Multiple |
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> # collisions. |
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> # |
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> # Feel free to pick this up and maintain it properly, but |
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> # unless a new maintainer can be found, this package is |
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> # slated for removal. |
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> # |
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> # Removal on 2010-08-23 |
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> This is what I use for my mail reader -- with the emacs interface -- so |
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> I am wondering what I can do once this happens -- I imagine I can keep |
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> it installed, but it would not be a good situation. |
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> thanks in advance for any ideas. |
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Pick one: |
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1. use another mailer. There's no shortage of them |
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2. fix nmh yourself. It seems like no-one else is going to. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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