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650defd4
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650defd4
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Mar 21, 2017
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Eli Zaretskii
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Revert "Make --without-pop the default."
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configure.ac
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INSTALL
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@@ -265,14 +265,17 @@ uses the GNU Mailutils 'movemail' program to retrieve mail. Otherwise
the
Emacs
build
procedure
builds
and
installs
an
auxiliary
'movemail'
program
,
a
limited
and
insecure
substitute
that
Emacs
can
use
when
Mailutils
is
not
installed
;
when
this
happens
,
there
are
several
configure
options
such
as
--
with
-
mail
-
unlink
that
provide
fine
-
grained
configure
options
such
as
--
with
out
-
pop
that
provide
fine
-
grained
control
over
Emacs
'movemail'
construction
.
The
Emacs
mail
reader
RMAIL
is
configured
to
be
able
to
read
mail
from
a
POP3
server
by
default
.
Versions
of
the
POP
protocol
older
than
POP3
are
not
supported
.
While
POP3
support
is
typically
enabled
,
whether
Emacs
actually
uses
POP3
is
controlled
by
individual
users
;
see
the
Rmail
chapter
of
the
Emacs
manual
.
see
the
Rmail
chapter
of
the
Emacs
manual
.
Unless
you
configure
--
with
-
mailutils
,
it
is
a
good
idea
to
configure
--
without
-
pop
so
that
users
are
less
likely
to
inadvertently
read
email
via
insecure
channels
.
For
image
support
you
may
have
to
download
,
build
,
and
install
the
appropriate
image
support
libraries
for
image
types
other
than
XBM
and
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configure.ac
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@@ -229,17 +229,19 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPTION_DEFAULT_ON], [dnl
m4_bpatsubst([with_$1], [[^0-9a-z]], [_])=$with_features])dnl
])dnl
# FIXME: The default options '--without-mailutils --with-pop' result
# in a movemail implementation that supports only unencrypted POP3
# connections. Encrypted connections should be the default.
OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([mailutils],
[rely on GNU Mailutils being installed
, so that --with-pop through
--with
-mailhost are
irrelevant])
[rely on GNU Mailutils being installed
; this makes the options
--with
out-pop through --with-mailhost
irrelevant])
if test "$with_mailutils" = no; then
with_mailutils=
fi
AC_SUBST([with_mailutils])
OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([pop],
[support POP mail retrieval with movemail (not recommended, as its
email retrieval is unencrypted)])
OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([pop],[don't support POP mail retrieval with movemail])
if test "$with_pop" = yes; then
AC_DEFINE(MAIL_USE_POP)
fi
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@@ -5479,11 +5481,15 @@ fi
AC_OUTPUT
if test ! "$with_mailutils"
&& test "$with_pop" = yes
; then
if test ! "$with_mailutils"; then
case $opsys in
cygwin | mingw32)
# Don't suggest GNU Mailutils, as it hasn't been ported.
emacs_fix_movemail="use '$0' (without '--with-pop')";;
if test "$with_pop" = yes; then
emacs_fix_movemail="use '$0 --without-pop'"
else
emacs_fix_movemail=
fi;;
*)
emacs_fix_movemail="use '$0 --with-mailutils'"
case `(movemail --version) 2>/dev/null` in
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@@ -5493,9 +5499,14 @@ if test ! "$with_mailutils" && test "$with_pop" = yes; then
esac;;
esac
AC_MSG_WARN([This configuration installs a 'movemail' program
that retrieves POP3 email via only unencrypted channels.
To avoid the problem you can $emacs_fix_movemail.])
if test "$with_pop" = yes; then
AC_MSG_WARN([This configuration installs a 'movemail' program
that retrieves POP3 email via only insecure channels.
To fix this you can $emacs_fix_movemail.])
elif test "$emacs_fix_movemail"; then
AC_MSG_NOTICE([This configuration installs a 'movemail' program that cannot
retrieve POP3 email. You might want to $emacs_fix_movemail.])
fi
fi
test "$MAKE" = make || AC_MSG_NOTICE([Now you can run '$MAKE'.])
etc/NEWS
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@@ -32,15 +32,9 @@ version 2.6.6 or later.
** The new option 'configure --with-mailutils' causes Emacs to rely on
GNU Mailutils 'movemail' to retrieve email. By default, the Emacs
build procedure continues to build and install a limited 'movemail'
substitute. Although --with-mailutils is recommended, it is not yet
the default due to backward-compatibility concerns.
** The option 'configure --without-pop' is now the default.
(This option's setting matters only if --with-mailutils is not used.)
Using --with-pop (the previous default) preserves the historical
behavior where Emacs 'movemail' retrieves network email only via
unencrypted channels.
build procedure continues to build and install a limited and insecure
'movemail' substitute. Although --with-mailutils is recommended, it
is not yet the default due to backward-compatibility concerns.
** The new option 'configure --enable-gcc-warnings=warn-only' causes
GCC to issue warnings without stopping the build. This behavior is
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