Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/05/15/00:02:48
If you've been pining for Pine, here's your chance to test it out. See
ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin/ports/
for Pine 4.10 patches and binaries for Cygwin b20.1. Note that this is
hardly tested and there are quite a few known problems. IMAP and POP
access seem to be very reliable.
pine4.10-cygb20.tar.gz (2071285 bytes) contains the following files:
drwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 0 May 14 22:47 1999 ./
drwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 0 May 14 22:49 1999 patches/
-rw-r--r-- xxx/yyy 43127 May 14 22:47 1999 patches/pine4.10-cygb20.diff
drwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 0 May 14 22:48 1999 doc/
-rw-r--r-- xxx/yyy 2481 May 14 22:48 1999 doc/README.pine4.10
drwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 0 May 14 22:57 1999 bin/
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 527872 May 14 22:47 1999 bin/imapd.exe
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 482816 May 14 22:57 1999 bin/ipop2d.exe
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 201216 May 14 22:47 1999 bin/pico.exe
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 199168 May 14 22:47 1999 bin/pilot.exe
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 2587136 May 14 22:47 1999 bin/pine.exe
-rwxr-xr-x xxx/yyy 487936 May 14 22:57 1999 bin/ipop3d.exe
Pine 4.10 port for Cygwin B20.1:
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Last modified: Fri May 14 22:33:02 CDT 1999
This is a quick and dirty port of Pine 4.10 for Cygwin b20.1. It mostly
works, but there are a few things that I know to be problems (and I'm
sure quite a few that I don't about yet).
To build from scratch:
1. download Pine 4.10 from ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/pine4.10.tar.gz
and unpack:
$ cd ~/src
$ tar zxf /tmp/pine4.10.tar.gz
2. download and the patch file pine4.10-cygb20.diff
$ cd pine4.10
$ patch -p0 -s < /tmp/pine4.10-cygb20.diff
3. build.
$ bash ./build cyg
4. You'll probably have to rename to be files to have .exe suffix after it's
done.
What's been tested:
- remote access via POP3 and IMAP. Local mail file should work, but that's
not something I care about.
Known problems:
All Platforms (Win9x/NT):
- If you use piping, make sure have /bin/sh. An easy way is to mount the
Cygwin bin directory as your /bin:
$ mkdir /bin
$ mount c:/cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin /bin
or something like that.
- Make sure you have the HOME variable defined, or you have /etc/passwd
that's correct. One W9x, you must have HOME defined.
- If you run in an xterm window, you may need to make the window 25 lines
long to get the whole big. Resizing seems to be problematic. It's quite
possibly a problem in the b20.1 terminal driver.
- If you turn on enable-suspend mode, make sure you DO NOT turn on
start-subshell-on-suspend. It may hang otherwise.
- Piping hangs every so often. Don't know why yet.
Win9x:
- if pico/pilot/pine crashes on startup, there may be a problem related to
/etc/termcap. If you have /etc/termcap, rename it and retry. If the
problem persists, then it's a different bug, and drop me a line. I'm
still investigating as to why it happens on my laptop (which has a
history of weird problems, so it may not happen on yours).
- Since there is usually no /etc/passwd, you must have HOME defined. In
addition, first time you start Pine, you should use the Setup Config
menu to setup your name etc.
- When connecting via POP, the default username problem may contain garbage;
make sure you kill the line and type in the username correctly. Or, use
'{mailserver.com/pop/user=myusername}INBOX' syntax to specify the username
right away.
Mounting issues:
- do binary mounts always? I don't know.
Regards,
Mumit
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