Re: [VM] Announcement: 8.2.0a (alpha testing) release

[Uday S Reddy]

address@hidden writes:

> I downloaded vm-8.2.0a.tgz and untarred it without issue, but the directory
> vm-8.2.0a and everything in it were owned by 1004:513.  After fixing that I
> discovered that the configure file could not be executed.  I solved that by
> using "sh ~/configure".  

I have no idea why any of these should happen.  I just downloaded it and did
a build on a CentOS machine, and it didn't run into any of these problems.
I can't do `make install' to system directories on this departmental
machine.  But using my home directory as the `--prefix' option, everything
got installed fine.  I am attaching the output from `make install' below.  

Perhaps, other Linux users on the list can share their experience?  
Ulrich, are you online?

> But attempting to use the new version of VM I
> immediately found that it could not use qp-decode - the error message being
> that qp-decode could not be found.  In a shell I determined that using the
> rejected path given in the error message I could run qp-decode.  After a small
> amount of time trying to locate the problem I simply moved all the relevant
> programs to /usr/local/bin, changed and recompiled .vm and that problem went
> away.  But now with any multipart mime program with a plain text part
> (us-ascii or utf-8) the plain text would simply not be displayed.  Spending
> some time reading the NEWS and inspecting my .vm was no productive so I simply
> reverted to version 8.1.0 and all is again well.

Note that you don't need to do `make install' to use VM.  The INSTALL file
gives you instructions on how to use it directly from the directory where
you build VM.

Cheers,
Uday

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gromit[vm-8.2.0a]: make install
/bin/mkdir -p "/home/staff/udr/share/doc/"
/bin/mkdir -p "/home/staff/udr/share/vm"
for i in NEWS CHANGES README TODO COPYING ; do                                  
\
            echo "Installing $i in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and 
'/home/staff/udr/share/vm'" ;  \
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i "/home/staff/udr/share/doc/" ;        
   \
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i "/home/staff/udr/share/vm" ;          
           \
        done ;
Installing NEWS in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and '/home/staff/udr/share/vm'
Installing CHANGES in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and 
'/home/staff/udr/share/vm'
Installing README in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and '/home/staff/udr/share/vm'
Installing TODO in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and '/home/staff/udr/share/vm'
Installing COPYING in '/home/staff/udr/share/doc/' and 
'/home/staff/udr/share/vm'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/lisp'
"emacs" -batch -q -no-site-file -no-init-file -l ./vm-build.el -f 
batch-byte-compile vm-cus-load.el
/usr/bin/install -c -d -m 0755 "/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/"
for elc in *.elc; do                                                  \
            el=`basename $elc c`;                                            \
            if test -f "./$el"; then                                 \
                echo "Install $el in 
/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";                 \
                /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 "./$el" 
"/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";     \
            fi;                                                               \
        done;
Install tapestry.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install u-vm-color.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vcard.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-autoload.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-autoloads.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-avirtual.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-biff.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-crypto.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-delete.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-digest.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-dired.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-edit.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-folder.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-grepmail.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-imap.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-license.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-macro.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mark.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-menu.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-message.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-message-history.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mime.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-minibuf.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-misc.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-motion.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mouse.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-page.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pcrisis.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pgg.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pine.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pop.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-ps-print.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-reply.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-rfaddons.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-save.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-search.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-serial.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-sort.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-startup.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-summary.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-summary-faces.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-thread.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-toolbar.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-undo.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-user.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-vars.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-vcard.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-version.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-virtual.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-w3.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-w3m.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-window.el in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
if /bin/ls /*.elc > /dev/null 2>&1; then                      \
            for elc in /*.elc; do                                \
                el=`basename $elc c`;                                        \
                if test -f ".//$el"; then               \
                    echo "Install /$el in 
/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/"; \
                    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ".//$el" 
"/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/"; \
                fi;                                                           \
            done;                                                             \
        fi;
/usr/bin/install -c -d -m 0755 "/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/"
for elc in *.elc; do                                 \
            echo "Install $elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";   
\
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $elc 
"/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";   \
        done;
Install tapestry.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install u-vm-color.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vcard.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-autoload.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-autoloads.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-avirtual.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-biff.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-crypto.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-delete.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-digest.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-dired.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-edit.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-folder.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-grepmail.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-imap.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-license.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-macro.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mark.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-menu.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-message.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-message-history.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mime.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-minibuf.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-misc.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-motion.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-mouse.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-page.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pcrisis.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pgg.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pine.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-pop.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-ps-print.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-reply.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-rfaddons.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-save.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-search.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-serial.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-sort.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-startup.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-summary.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-summary-faces.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-thread.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-toolbar.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-undo.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-user.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-vars.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-vcard.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-version.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-virtual.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-w3.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-w3m.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
Install vm-window.elc in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
if /bin/ls /*.elc > /dev/null 2>&1; then  \
            for elc in /*.elc; do               \
                echo "Install $elc in 
/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm"; \
                /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $elc 
"/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm"; \
            done;                                            \
        fi;
/usr/bin/install -c -d -m 0755 "/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/"
for i in version.txt; do                                 \
            echo "Install $i in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";   \
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i 
"/home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/";   \
        done;
Install version.txt in /home/staff/udr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/lisp'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/info'
/bin/rm "/home/staff/udr/share/info"/vm*.info*
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/home/staff/udr/share/info/vm*.info*': No such file or 
directory
make[1]: [uninstall-pkg] Error 1 (ignored)
Installing vm.info in /home/staff/udr/share/info
Installing vm.info-1 in /home/staff/udr/share/info
Installing vm.info-2 in /home/staff/udr/share/info
Installing vm-pcrisis.info in /home/staff/udr/share/info
VM INFO files successfully installed!
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/info'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/src'
Installing base64-decode in /home/staff/udr/bin
Installing base64-encode in /home/staff/udr/bin
Installing qp-decode in /home/staff/udr/bin
Installing qp-encode in /home/staff/udr/bin
VM helper binaries successfully installed!
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/pixmaps'
/bin/mkdir -p "/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps"
for i in `/bin/ls *.xpm` ; do                                    \
            echo "Installing $i in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'" ;        
\
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i "/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps" ;  
           \
        done ;
Installing autofile-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing autofile-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing compose-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing compose-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing delete-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing delete-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing file-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing file-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing followup-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing followup-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing forward-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing forward-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing getmail-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing getmail-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing help-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing help-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime-xx.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing next-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing next-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing previous-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing previous-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing print-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing print-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing quit-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing quit-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing recover-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing recover-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing reply-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing reply-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing undelete-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing undelete-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing visit-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing visit-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
/bin/mkdir -p "/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps/mime"
for i in `ls mime/*.xpm` ; do                                  \
            echo "Installing $i in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'" ;        
\
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i 
"/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps/mime" ;        \
        done ;                                                         
Installing mime/application.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/audio.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/image.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/message.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/multipart.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/text.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing mime/video.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
/bin/mkdir -p "/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps/gtk"
for i in `ls gtk/*.xpm` ; do                                   \
            echo "Installing $i in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'" ;        
\
            /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $i 
"/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps/gtk" ;         \
        done ;                                                         
Installing gtk/autofile-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/autofile-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/compose-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/compose-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/delete-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/delete-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/file-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/file-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/followup-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/followup-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/forward-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/forward-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/getmail-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/getmail-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/help-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/help-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/mime-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/mime-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/mime-xx.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/next-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/next-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/previous-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/previous-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/print-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/print-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/quit-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/quit-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/recover-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/recover-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/reply-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/reply-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/undelete-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/undelete-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/visit-dn.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
Installing gtk/visit-up.xpm in '/home/staff/udr/share/vm/pixmaps'
VM pixmaps successfully installed!
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/staff/udr/emacs/vm-8.2.0a/pixmaps'