[MacPorts] #34436: fetchmail config scripts on wiki out of date

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#34436: fetchmail config scripts on wiki out of date
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 Reporter:  bentley@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  update                |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Low                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  wiki                  |     Version:  2.0.4                                
 Keywords:  fetchmail doc         |        Port:                                       
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: krischik@… (added)


Old description:

> The configuration scripts provided by the wiki to help configure the
> macports install for fetchmail do not appear to work. The primary reason
> appears to be that the BSD commands as used have changed since the
> instructions were written, so the scripts fail on execution. I was able
> to execute lines one at a time after checking to see how the command
> really needed to be written. (I eventually stopped following the wiki
> instructions altogether as I wasn't sure any of it would work.) I'm using
> 10.6.8 on a mini 1.66 GHz core duo with 2 GB.
>
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SetupFetchmail

New description:

 The configuration scripts provided by the wiki to help configure the
 macports install for fetchmail do not appear to work. The primary reason
 appears to be that the BSD commands as used have changed since the
 instructions were written, so the scripts fail on execution. I was able to
 execute lines one at a time after checking to see how the command really
 needed to be written. (I eventually stopped following the wiki
 instructions altogether as I wasn't sure any of it would work.) I'm using
 10.6.8 on a mini 1.66 GHz core duo with 2 GB.

 wiki:howto/SetupFetchmail

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Comment:

 The instructions were written four years ago; I'm not surprised they're
 out of date by now. I'm Cc'ing the person who wrote the instructions
 initially, but anybody is able to edit pages in the wiki, so feel free to
 do so.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34436#comment:1>
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