Alright. Even though I have the rpm installed I've been beating my head against this anyway, as I like knowing things.
turns out that the configure script didn't notice that I didn't have the gdbm stuff installed, and that was what was causing the compile to fail. installed the gdbm stuff and then Tanner's suggestion worked like a champ. Thanks again to all your help Any word on how to start xscreensaver properly at login time? CJK On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 08:39, Chris Knowles wrote: > Tanner... thanks for the reply > > I had already tried setting the CC variable. No joy. > > Dunno what courier doesn't like about 3.2, but the install page says, > "Courier-Imap does not compile under gcc 3.0" > > CJK > > On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 23:38, Tanner Lovelace wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 13:43, Chris Knowles wrote: > > > Thanks for the advice. I had tried both of these suggestions, and even > > > tried making the link for gcc point to gcc-2.96, none of which worked. > > > So I found an RPM that did work, and am now getting my e-mail using > > > courier. > > > > > > Thanks again for the help. > > > > > > CJK > > > > Chris, > > > > For future reference, you can modify the rpm spec file so that > > where it calls configure, you prefix that call with something like > > > > CC=gcc-2.96 configure [...] > > > > And it will set the compiler to that version of gcc instead of the > > default gcc. > > > > Just out of curiosity, what about gcc3 is it that Courier doesn't > > like? Is it because gcc3 is much more picky about the C and C++ > > standard and Courier still has non-standard code (which, if so, > > they really should fix..., but that's beside the point), or is > > it something else? > > > > I did notice today, however, that the gcc 3.2 compiler is much > > faster than previous versions, even faster than 3.0.4 which is > > what I've been using a lot lately. I'm looking forward to trying > > it out some more... :-) > > > > Tanner > > -- > > Tanner Lovelace | lovelace(at)wayfarer.org | http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ > > --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- > > GPG Fingerprint = A66C 8660 924F 5F8C 71DA BDD0 CE09 4F8E DE76 39D4 > > GPG Key can be found at http://wtl.wayfarer.org/lovelace.gpg.asc > > --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- > > http://www.petitiononline.com/SSSCA/petition.html > > --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- > > Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little > > order, will lose both and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin > > > > History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times > > of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to > > endure. -- Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1989 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
