As reported in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444392, the current fetchinfo plugin (0.4.25, it claims to need Claws 3.9.0 but is "old") will not build because of commit 3.8.1cvs8 http://claws-mail.org/tracker/index.php?len=200&ver=3.8.1cvs8#3.8.1cvs8. Config does not get exported anymore so fetchinfo fails to build: fetchinfo_plugin_gtk.c:21:22: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[2]: *** [fetchinfo_plugin_gtk.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... fetchinfo_plugin.c:21:22: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[2]: *** [fetchinfo_plugin.lo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/mail-client/claws-mail-fetchinfo-0.4.25/work/fetchinfo-plugin-0.4.25/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/portage/mail-client/claws-mail-fetchinfo-0.4.25/work/fetchinfo-plugin-0.4.25'
From the ChangeLog: 2012-11-14 [paul] 0.4.25 0.4.25 released Something is terribly wrong here. 0.4.25 was released before 2012-06-30 (update in Gentoo repository).
That depends on your definition of "terrible". There has been some mix up, but get the package here and it will build fine with 3.9.0: http://www.claws-mail.org/downloads/plugins/fetchinfo-plugin-0.4.25.tar.gz
Actually this still fits my definition of "terrible". Changing a released tarball afterwards is really best practice and adds to my little list "Claws Mail upstream is so distribution-friendly". You sometimes give me a hard time maintaining the package for Gentoo. Package in Gentoo is updated and should propagate to mirrors now.
Yes, your definition, but not my definition of 'terrible'. Also not my definition of 'a hard time'. In over 10 years of packaging Claws Mail, (I don't know how long you've been a gentoo packager), 2 or 3 'incidents' isn't bad, (my defintion of 'bad').
Hi Christian, > adds to my little list "Claws-Mail upstream is so distribution-friendly". Maybe there's some misunderstanding or something else that we could talk about to devel@lists.claws-mail.org... Because we do try to help packagers and I think it's important: happy packagers push bugs upstream and apply patches downstream if needed, which is a huge benefit for both the developers and the end-users.