cyrus-imapd?

[Instruct ICC]

> On 10/9/07, Clint McIntosh  wrote:
>> I desperately need to install cyrus-imapd on OSX(non server) via macports
>> ASAP but when I do port install cyrus-imapd I get hte following:
>>
>> holodeck:~ root# port install cyrus-imapd
>> ---> Fetching cyrus-imapd
>> ---> Attempting to fetch cyrus-imapd-2.3.8.tar.gz from
>> http://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/
>> ---> Attempting to fetch cyrus-imapd-2.3.8.tar.gz from
>> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/cyrus-imapd
>> ---> Attempting to fetch cyrus-imapd-2.3.8.tar.gz from
>> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/distfiles/general/
>> ---> Attempting to fetch cyrus-imapd-2.3.8.tar.gz from
>> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/cyrus-imapd
>> Error: Target org.macports.fetch returned: fetch failed
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>
>> Where can I get cyrus-imapd??? I've tried getting it from the cmu.edu ftp
>> site but I can't figure out how to get it installed.
>
> looks like you will need to tweak the Portfile to reflect the newer
> version number
>
> ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus/cyrus-imapd-2.3.9.tar.gz
>
> as well as edit the checksums (there is an argument to port that will
> ignore checksums, isn't there?).

This is exactly the scenario a poster solved for me today (in theory --- I never tried it yet).

BUT don't be afraid to try the install again the normal way without this manual intervention.  A server may have been down that is now up.  It happened to me.

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