From: Shantonu Sen Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:06:30 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add documentation for --with-locking option X-Git-Tag: RELEASE_1_2~170 X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=commitdiff_plain;h=11ae9c4bf5fa500a77f428f1e0a26428f5c36849 Add documentation for --with-locking option --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 1147641..c040874 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. 4) make install - Note that if you have [n]mh files in your install directories with the same - names as the files being installed, the old ones will get overwritten without - any warning. The only directory that isn't true for is the `etc' directory - -- in that directory, the previous copy of each will be backed up as - .prev if it differs from the newly-installed copy. Watch for any diff - output while make is processing that directory to see if you need to merge + Note that if you have [n]mh files in your install directories with + the same names as the files being installed, the old ones will get + overwritten without any warning. The only directory that isn't + true for is the `etc' directory -- in that directory, the previous + copy of each will be backed up as .prev if it differs + from the newly-installed copy. Watch for any diff output while + make is processing that directory to see if you need to merge changes from *.prev files into the new versions. 5) Edit the file `mts.conf' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory) @@ -208,6 +209,21 @@ Options for configure to switch between KPOP and normal POP3). See the comments inside config.h for details. +--with-locking=LOCKTYPE (DEFAULT is dot) + Specify the locking mechanism when attempting to "inc" or + "msgchk" a local mail spool. Valid options are "dot", + "fcntl", "flock", and "lockf". Of the four, dot-locking + requires no special kernel or filesystem support, and simply + creates a file called "FILE.lock" to indicate that "FILE" is + locked. + + In order to be effective, you should contact the site + administrator to find out what locking mechanisms other + mail delivery and user programs respect. The most common + reason not to use dot-locking is if the mail spool directory + is not world- or user-writeable, and thus a lock file cannot + be created. + --with-mts=MTS (DEFAULT is smtp) Specify the default mail transport system you want to use. The two acceptable options are "smtp" (which is the default), and