On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 10:11:48PM +0800, Charles Jie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | That's exactly the function I want. | | But because it's a sourcer-level patch that I need to | patch-compile-install. I'm afraid that might cause trouble with my | current installation from rpm package by Mandrake 8.1.
Just do the install somewhere else. I routinely start my builds like this: ./configure --prefix=/opt/mutt-version eg ./configure --prefix=/opt/mutt-1.3.25-label-patch Then just run the new executable - no need to deinstall the Mandrake one. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ ...technology marches on - and makes 150-mph motorcycles for 15-mph beginners' brains. - _motorcyclist_