From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS63949 45.79.64.0/19 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 478C31FAE3 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lwn.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F2C592F5; Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:48:11 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Eric Wong Cc: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update the installation instructions with Fedora package names Message-ID: <20180311104811.087495ad@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20180228035552.GA6489@dcvr> References: <20180227163609.23ed8aa3@lwn.net> <20180228035552.GA6489@dcvr> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: OK, I'm (finally) about to send a reworked version based on your comments. Here's a couple of other thoughts to go with it... > > --- a/INSTALL > > +++ b/INSTALL > > @@ -8,32 +8,32 @@ if they want to import mail into their personal inboxes. > > TODO: this still needs to be documented better, > > also see the scripts/ and sa_config/ directories in the source tree > > > > -It should also be possible to use public-inbox with only IMAP > > -(or even POP(!)) access to a mailbox. > > - > > -standard MakeMaker installation (Perl) > > --------------------------------------- > > - > > - perl Makefile.PL > > I'm not completely sure if moving this part makes sense, as > Makefile.PL will warn about modules it can't find, at least. > I think that's typical for ./configure errors in non-Perl > projects, too. I've opted to keep that order. The alternative is to iterate through that "find the next missing dependency" loop, which really gets annoying after a while. One generally wants to install dependencies before building, IMO... > > +Beyond that, there is a long list of Perl modules required, starting with: > > I'm not sure if four constitutes as "long" It does say "starting with" :) Thanks, jon