Attatched are patches for the two current minicom ebuilds, one for version 1.83.1 and another for the 2.00.0 development version. The only addition is a pkg_postinst() section which displays an informative message regarding file transfer support. By itself, minicom cannot do file transfers using the XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM protocols. It relies on the net-misc/lrzsz package for this functionality. When net-misc/lrzsz is not installed, no error message is given when trying to do a file transfer. It just doesn't do anything after going through all the necessary prompts. I was at a loss until I saw references to /usr/bin/xc in the minicom.log file. I thought it would be informative to include a brief message informing users that they'll need the net-misc/lrzsz package installed to do file transfers. FYI, in #gentoo I was informed that this doesn't warrant a dependency, since lrzsz isn't required for minicom itself to work. I figure that an einfo message would be prudent so users aren't left scratching their heads when minicom doesn't do what they're asking it to do.
Created attachment 4917 [details, diff] Adds pkg_postinst() einfo message regarding file transfers
Created attachment 4918 [details, diff] Adds a pkg_postinst() einfo message regarding file transfers
Created attachment 4919 [details, diff] IGNORE PATCH DIRECTLY ABOVE / corrected minicom-2.00.0 patch The above patch still has the dependency change I was considering at first. The first attatchment (for minicom-1.83.1) is valid.
Hey Charles. Seems like i added minicom-2.00.0 a long time ago. Does it work on your box? Is it okay to close this bug or did i oversee something? -phoen][x-
Like I said before, I just thought it would be a good idea to include a message saying that you need to install net-misc/lrzsz for file transfer support. Minicom doesn't make it obvious that that specific package is needed when file transfers fail. This isn't a show stopper or anything, minicom itself works fine.
vlado, you're the only modem user I can think of
Been using 2.0.0 now for a year with Gentoo configuring routers and switches, and have had zero trouble. But 2.0.0 is masked! This is me vouching that it works fine - can it be marked ~arch at least? (It's definitely "arch" worthy.)
Finally committed :)
*** Bug 19769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
