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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-10-03 15:42:10 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-10-03 15:46:15 -0700
commitaf2a40fbd37a663a8ee5a722f9fecb80c425c128 (patch)
tree9f331e74730a2a41ac62658e99be418efa62c2e4 /etc/NEWS
parent4ac5ac50c94b20acdad3746ee168a72d8dd18b4f (diff)
downloademacs-af2a40fbd37a663a8ee5a722f9fecb80c425c128.tar.gz
--with-pop is now the default only on MS-Windows
Problem reported by N. Jackson (Bug#28597). This improves an earlier suggestion by Robert Pluim (Bug#28597#47). * INSTALL, configure.ac, etc/NEWS: Make --with-pop the default only on native MS-Windows.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b734e8dd19c..62d2450f9a3 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ GNU Mailutils to retrieve email. It is recommended, and is the
default if GNU Mailutils is installed. When --with-mailutils is not
in effect, the Emacs build procedure by default continues to build and
install a limited 'movemail' substitute that retrieves POP3 email only
-via insecure channels; to avoid this problem, use either
---with-mailutils or --without-pop when configuring.
+via insecure channels. To avoid this problem, use either
+--with-mailutils or --without-pop when configuring; --without-pop
+is the default on platforms other than native MS-Windows.
** The new option 'configure --enable-gcc-warnings=warn-only' causes
GCC to issue warnings without stopping the build. This behavior is