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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-08-02 19:13:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-08-02 19:15:45 -0700 |
| commit | 2d2c12fc5f45ff73387efd6241447f3d9cbadf09 (patch) | |
| tree | 70d541944e89ad83cfaa35dad8b9e15b6faa8d48 /etc | |
| parent | 5ed0bf1061cb0b2e70ee1d28f5f3586259ec0f3b (diff) | |
| download | emacs-2d2c12fc5f45ff73387efd6241447f3d9cbadf09.tar.gz | |
Default to --with-mailutils if it is installed
* configure.ac (with_mailutils): Default to 'yes' if GNU Mailutils
is installed. See:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00054.html
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ Use 'configure --with-gnutls=no' to build even when GnuTLS is missing. version 2.6.6 or later. ** The new option 'configure --with-mailutils' causes Emacs to rely on -GNU Mailutils 'movemail' to retrieve email. By default, the Emacs -build procedure continues to build and install a limited and insecure -'movemail' substitute. Although --with-mailutils is recommended, it -is not yet the default due to backward-compatibility concerns. +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. ** The new option 'configure --enable-gcc-warnings=warn-only' causes GCC to issue warnings without stopping the build. This behavior is |