X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/49e0326aeef4cdc75898bf3049bfa3c123688e0f..38de48ccf6bcdac1212d541fa33d7a1f3490484f:/MACHINES diff --git a/MACHINES b/MACHINES index 45066201..44c0bc8b 100644 --- a/MACHINES +++ b/MACHINES @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # -# MACHINE -- operating system specific information +# MACHINES -- operating system specific information # nmh is known to compile on the following platforms (save the @@ -18,34 +18,28 @@ SunOS 4.1 Known Compilation problems: -------------------------------------- -FreeBSD: -OpenBSD: -NetBSD: +Cygwin: -Some BSD4.4 machines have problems when running nmh's configure script. -They will be unable to find the location of vi and sendmail. This is -due to POSIX features (breakage?) in the shell sh. The solution is to -run the configure script under the shell `bash': +Be sure to install these Cygwin packages: + gdbm + libgdbm4 + libgdbm-devel + libncurses10 + libncurses-devel - % bash configure +If configuring with --with-cyrus-sasl, install these Cygwin packages: + libsasl2 + libsasl2-devel --------------------------------------- -Mac OS X/Rhapsody 5: +If configuring with --with-tls, install these Cygwin packages: + gnutls-devel + libgnutls26 -Version 5.3 at least has the same sh/bash bug as the *BSD systems -above. This appears to be fixed in 5.5. +When running the nmh test suite ("make check"), it helps to have +/usr/bin/ ahead of any Windows directories on your PATH. -Will not compile correctly unless you configure with the --enable-debug -option. It appears to find conflicts in the headers only when debugging -is disabled. With debugging enabled, it compiles and runs happily. - --------------------------------------- -Cygwin: - -Be sure to install Cygwin packages libncurses-devel and libncurses10, -in the Libs category. - -The few minor compile warnings can be ignored. +Note that the -link switch to refile cannot be used on FAT32 and +similar filesystems. -------------------------------------- HPUX: @@ -95,12 +89,14 @@ a better solution. The whole thing is probablly going to be chucked with UTF-8 support anyway. Other than the warnings, it builds ok. + -------------------------------------- SunOS 4.1.1/4.1.3/4.1.4: You can't use the C compiler that comes with SunOS 4 since it isn't ANSI C. But nmh builds just fine with gcc. With --enable-debug you will see a lot of warnings. + -------------------------------------- --