From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org (ishtar.tlinx.org [173.164.175.65]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D8A8385802E for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 02:20:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 4D8A8385802E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tlinx.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin@tlinx.org Received: from [192.168.3.12] (Athenae [192.168.3.12]) by Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org (8.14.7/8.14.4/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id 0B42I5Ff008211 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:18:07 -0800 Message-ID: <5FC99C8F.4030202@tlinx.org> Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:18:55 -0800 From: L A Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated: fetchmail-6.4.14-1 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 02:20:17 -0000 On 2020/12/02 12:29, Achim Gratz wrote: > fetchmail-6.4.14-1... > > This release uses the Python3 interpreter as Python2 is now EOL... > ---- When I look at the binary on linux (ldd), I see no reference to any python of any version. I haven't seen the 6.4.14 package for my distro yet, but the 6.4.12 version doesn't require python. When I look at the fetchmail website, https://www.fetchmail.info/, I see that it lists https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/ as a project page, but with sources on https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/ . I see no mention of python being required on its info page, though I see it mentioned on the sourceforge site. Should fetchmail have a dependency on python when it doesn't seem to be needed? Maybe put the python requiring stuff in a separate 'python-fetchmail' package to install that portion? Should I be guessing -- is it a python interface for fetchmail? I know I would be surprised if I went to install (or upgrade) fetchmail and it required me to install python. Seems like many(most?) other python interfaces for things reside in 'python-xxxxxx' packages -- is that an oversight for the fetchmail code? Tnx! -linda