Changeset 1453

Timestamp:

04/06/12 11:08:09 (14 months ago)

Author:

ebaudrez

Message:

rectify a mistake concerning formail/procmail

The program erroneously assumed that either formail or procmail could be
used (this mistake was introduced by EB in an earlier commit).
Rectifying the situation: we use formail, but suggest to install the
package procmail on those systems where the formail utility is contained
in the procmail package.

File:

• projects/md2mb/devel/md2mb/bin/md2mb.pl (modified) (6 diffs)

projects/md2mb/devel/md2mb/bin/md2mb.pl

@@ -18 +18 @@
 
 # settings
-my $cmd = first {
-        system("$_ </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0
-    } qw(formail procmail);
-$cmd or die <<EOF;
-cannot find a usable program to manipulate your mailboxes in your \$PATH!
-Try installing `formail' or `procmail'
-Aborting
-EOF
+my $cmd = 'formail';
 my $debug = 0;
 my $file = 0; # is the newroot a file (1) or a dir (0) ?
@@ -41 +34 @@
 # parse command-line options
 GetOptions(
+    'cmd|c'           => \$cmd,
     'debug|d'         => \$debug,
     'file|f'          => \$file,
@@ -72 +66 @@
 
 # some sanity checks before proceeding
+system("$cmd </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0 or die <<EOF;
+Cannot run `$cmd' or locate it in your \$PATH!
+
+I need the program `formail' to process your mailboxes. You can provide the
+full path to the formail utility using the `-cmd' command-line switch.
+
+Perhaps `formail' is not installed on your system. Try installing the `formail'
+package using your distribution's package manager. The formail utility might be
+contained in the `procmail' package (e.g., Ubuntu 11.10), so you may need to
+look for the latter instead.
+
+Aborting ...
+EOF
 -d $oldroot or die "cannot find mailbox root `$oldroot'";
 -d $profile or die "cannot find Thunderbird profile directory `$profile'";
@@ -196 +203 @@
 
  Options:
+   -cmd     | -c                command to process mail
    -debug   | -d        debug mode
    -file    | -f                whether $newroot is a file or a directory
@@ -210 +218 @@
 =over 4
 
+=item B<-cmd>
+
+Specify the command to process your maildirs. By default uses B<formail> in
+your C<$PATH>, but you can use this option to specify the full path to the
+executable to use instead.
+
 =item B<-debug>
 
@@ -274 +288 @@
 
 B<md2mb.pl> will import a B<kmail> maildir environment, and transform it into a
-B<thunderbird> one. It relies on either B<formail> or B<procmail> being
-available in your search path, and will preferentially use B<formail>.
+B<thunderbird> one. It relies on B<formail> (or an equivalent utility) being
+available on your system.
 
 By default, B<md2mb.pl> assumes that your B<kmail> mailboxes are stored in a