Re: troubles compiling mailutils

[xystrus]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 10:48:59AM -0800, Jeff Bailey wrote:

> Did you run `autogen.sh' to build your configure script?  If not,
> everything else will be quite broken.

The end user should not need to do this.  Typically developers are the only
people who know anything about autoconf and automake.  A current version of
configure should be checked in as changes are made that modify it.

> Redhat 6.2 is about 2 years old, so is not a particularily good base
> to work from.  I strongly recommend Debian, since it's quite easy to
> keep up to date.

This is not a very good argument for the following reasons:

 - Red Hat 6.2 is very stable
 - Debian stable is absolutely ancient by now
 - The GNU project has, as its stated goal, the ability to replace
   proprietary Unix software on as many platforms as possible.

Telling people to run debian in order to run your software is completely
counter to the goals of the GNU project.  You might as well be working for
Compaq or Microsoft if you want people to only run your favorite platform.

Xy