[SLUG] Re: ask gcc(preprocessor)

2002-06-18 Thread Angus Lees
At Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:07:55 +0800, henry wrote: Every time I look source code ,there is lots of macros (#if define #endif, #include *.c etc.). Is there some way to strip those macros after well-defining those #ifdefine ? use cpp or gcc -E (as a simple search for 'preprocessor' through

[SLUG] Re: ask a silly question(what is *.la ,*.lo)

2002-06-18 Thread Angus Lees
At Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:29:42 +0800, henry wrote: Could you tell me what they(*.la , *.lo) are ? picking a random two such files i happened to find on my disk: ~% head -2 /usr/lib/libwwwzip.la # libwwwzip.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.3.4 (1.385.2.196

[SLUG] alternative to fetchmail

2002-06-18 Thread Andy Eager
Hi all, Anyone know of an alternative to fetchmail? I've been having problems with fetchmail and the attglobal pop server (pop4.attglobal.net) I can get fetchmail to work with other ISP's and have never had any trouble with it before. When I try to receive mail greater than a certain size

Re: [SLUG] alternative to fetchmail

2002-06-18 Thread Tony Green
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 19:28, Andy Eager wrote: Hi all, Anyone know of an alternative to fetchmail? I've been having problems with fetchmail and the attglobal pop server (pop4.attglobal.net) I can get fetchmail to work with other ISP's and have never had any trouble with it before.

[SLUG] slug-jobs mailing list

2002-06-18 Thread Tony Green
OK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is up and running. Check out http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug-jobs to subscribe. The list will be moderated so all posts must be approved (stop agencies etc) so it won't be as speedy as the other slug lists. Its for people who are looking for work and people who

Re: [SLUG] ask a silly question(what is *.la ,*.lo)

2002-06-18 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 15:54, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=henry Could you tell me what they(*.la , *.lo) are ? .la: libtool archive files, they store metadata about libraries (library dependency info and stuff like that) so libtool can work a bit faster and smarter. [1] Libtool is about

[SLUG] Re: alternative to fetchmail

2002-06-18 Thread Angus Lees
At Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:28:04 +1000, Andy Eager wrote: Anyone know of an alternative to fetchmail? retchmail, and popread (comes with Mail::Audit) come to mind. if its only a single mailbox, you could try a decent disconnected imap client instead (evolution, wanderlust, isync/mutt, etc). the

[SLUG] Re: slug-jobs mailing list

2002-06-18 Thread Angus Lees
At 19 Jun 2002 05:39:16 +1000, Tony Green wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is up and running. are there any plans to combine this with the linux.org.au/jobs list? you could try subscribing one to the other (but imo, we should have just used the linux australia one anyway). -- - Gus -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] alternative to fetchmail

2002-06-18 Thread Jessica Mayo
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Andy Eager wrote: Anyone know of an alternative to fetchmail? My favorite has always been getpop3, although it seems to be a bit hard to find these days. It always did pop3 with a lot more sanity than fetchmail, IMHO. :) The other suggestions should be easier to get hold

[SLUG] Re: ask a silly question(what is *.la ,*.lo)

2002-06-18 Thread Angus Lees
At 18 Jun 2002 21:24:34 +1000, Ken Foskey wrote: Libtool is about portability, automake is about 'easy'. Software should be portable across platforms without killing the porter, libtool helps hide the screwed up Unix environments out there. imo, libtool tries too hard for most cases. if you

[SLUG] Re: [CTTE] Re: slug-jobs mailing list

2002-06-18 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Angus Lees why did you decide to start your own list? Mostly because the LA ones were unmaintained, and weren't going to be, to our knowledge. As much as I prefer to see it done outside of SLUG, it seems we have a gap there. So, who is doing what with LA now? - Jeff --

Re: [SLUG] Re: [CTTE] Re: slug-jobs mailing list

2002-06-18 Thread Tony Green
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 21:45, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Angus Lees why did you decide to start your own list? Mostly because the LA ones were unmaintained, and weren't going to be, to our knowledge. As much as I prefer to see it done outside of SLUG, it seems we have a gap there.

Re: [SLUG] slug-jobs mailing list

2002-06-18 Thread Tony Green
On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 05:39, Tony Green wrote: OK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is up and running. Check out http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug-jobs to subscribe. OK, we're changing the name of the list to 'jobs' so please direct yourselves to http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/jobs slug-chat