the latest version of nmh is nmh-1.1_rc1 and it's been out for a while. just updating the name of the ebuild seems to do the trick. Thanks! -Jon Kraut Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
still get errors after #ln -s vim vi make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/nmh-1.1_rc1/work/nmh-1.1-RC1/docs' --------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --------------------------- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-nmh-1.1_rc1-15460.log" open_wr: /.nonexist-file.swp open_wr: /.nonexist-file.swp --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't have either vi or vim (emacs for me) installed and I just emerged it again successfully, I guess because my EDITOR env variable for root is set to the gentoo default of /usr/bin/nano. But this can be explicitly set during configure, so perhaps just setting it to nano and removing vi/vim as a dependancy is better. And... Whoops it has been a while since i emerged this and previously I had renamed the package, so I guess I the ebuild does need more work. Sorry. So here's a patch...
Created attachment 12765 [details, diff] patch against nmh-1.0.4_r2.ebuild
oops. don't know why i got this one. reassigning
Created attachment 15179 [details] nmh 1.1rc1 ebuild Another 1.1rc1 ebuild, based on the patch from Jonathan Kraut. This one however uses $EDITOR if it's set otherwise sets it to /bin/nano. Also, it includes a small patch to inc.c to make the login id field of .netrc be used. Also, didn't get any access vialoations with or without EDITOR set and /usr/bin/vi doesn't exist.
Created attachment 15180 [details, diff] patch used in nmh-1.1rc1 ebuild patch fixing inc.c not making use of the login name in .netrc
My friend reports loudly about is preferences, and he loves nmh.. He chastized me about how BSD was better because it had this package installed durring the basic install. Will this new version get added to portage any time soon? The older one doesn't work on my box. Also, the dependancy on VI is not neccissary... should it be one of those virtual dependancies?
Created attachment 32064 [details] updated ebuild Trying to install nmh-1.1_rc3, and ran into the access violation problem. It comes from a test for a buggy vi version apparently, and occurs because it tries to open a file in / (that by intent should not exist). vim then tries to write the swap file in the same directory. There is another bug in the install procedue: if libdir and bindir are identical, the install commands in uip/Makefile will remove the install-mh program. Updated version of Claes N
Created attachment 32064 [details] updated ebuild Trying to install nmh-1.1_rc3, and ran into the access violation problem. It comes from a test for a buggy vi version apparently, and occurs because it tries to open a file in / (that by intent should not exist). vim then tries to write the swap file in the same directory. There is another bug in the install procedue: if libdir and bindir are identical, the install commands in uip/Makefile will remove the install-mh program. Updated version of Claes Nästén's ebuild attached; patches to follow.
Created attachment 32065 [details, diff] access violation patch for 1.1rc3 ebuild
Created attachment 32066 [details, diff] install-mh overwrite patch for 1.1rc3
nmh-1.1 in CVS. Thanks everyone.
