John, et al --

...and then John P Verel said...
% 
% On 06/10/02, 12:44:57PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
%  
% > Don't know why it did, but it should be pluralized.
% Pluralized it and it's fixed :)

Good :-)


% > % % Second problem: % % When I press F1, I get key not bound error.
% > 
% > Do you have the F1 binding in the system muttrc, or perhaps in yours?
% > It's in the system muttrc by default.  What do you see when you hit ?
% > to look at your current bindings?  Is it there at all?
% 
% The 1.2.5 version is in /etc, the 1.4 version is in the source for 1.4.
% Where should the new one live?

You won't be able to write in /etc 'cuz you're not root, so under your
home tree (--prefix=...) is good.


% > 
% > % % Third thing: % % In make intall log I get: % % if test -f
You really shouldn't reformat other people's paragraphs :-)


...
% > it.  If your mail is not in /var/*/mail where only mail can create
% > files then you don't even need special perms (well, assuming that you
% > can always write in your own dirs, anyway).
% 
% My mail comes via fetchmail from my ISP's POP server.

I imagine it goes into your home dir somewhere, then, but it could go
into the system mail spool.  What does

  :set ?spoolfile

in mutt tell you?


% 
% If I look at the configuration options for 1.2.5, I see -USE_DOTLOCK.
% These settings came via the rpm from Red Hat.  1.4 shows +USE_SETGID and
% +USE_DOTLOCK, plus +DL_STANDALONE.  Could these setting be sources of
% the problem?

Well, it's just a difference rather than a problem.  If you turned off
USE_DOTLOCK you wouldn't have to worry about installing the dotlock
program but you'd then have to be sure that other locking worked.


...and then John P Verel said...
% 
% On 06/10/02, 02:25:28PM -0400, John P Verel wrote:
%  
% > The 1.2.5 version is in /etc, the 1.4 version is in the source for 1.4.
% > Where should the new one live?
% Fixed it.  Mutt set up SYSCONFDIR as /home/john/mutt1.4/etc  However, it

Right.


% did not copy my Muttrc to it, nor change the path to the manual in the

Now *that* is interesting; I am almost certain it should have done the
copy.  You did finish up with a "make install", right?


% macro. I did and it's fixed.

Yeah, it won't change that.  Someone should probably file a flea but,
well, one of these days...


HTH & HAND

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