Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 05:16:43 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Petersen <w8sdz@Simtel.Net> To: ache@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problems with ELM 2.4ME+ PL68 (25) Message-ID: <20000313051643.w8sdz@Simtel.Net>
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I just installed ELM 2.4ME+ PL68 (25) from the ports collection on
FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE.
There are three problems.
1) Elm probably should not be installed setgid under this operating
system. Doing so causes elm to ignore the user's "$HOME/.termcap"
file if it exists. Setting /var/mail to chmod 1777 allows elm to
run as the user.
2) The "frm" program fails if /var/mail is not chmod 1777 because it
tries to create a lockfile there.
3) Using the "o" command to set options, after changing an option
and trying to save the new elmrc file using the ">" command, elm
aborts with a segmentation error, truncating the elmrc file and
leaving /tmp/mbox.username.
These problems may have been fixed in later updates of elm. The latest
at http://www.ozone.fmi.fi/KEH/ is now Elm 2.4ME+ PL72 (25), which is
four revisions newer than the current port.
I hope this information has been helpful. It was meant to be
constructive feedback, not criticism.
Keith
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