Re: version 0.94 stumbling blocks

[Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>]

"Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@coe.uga.edu> writes:

> When compiling nnimap, I saw some warnings or errors:
> 
>     While compiling the end of the data in file
>     /wdc/home/ecashin/elisp/nnimap-0.94/base64.el:
>       ** the function char-int is not known to be defined.

This is harmless.

>     While compiling the end of the data in file
>     /wdc/home/ecashin/elisp/nnimap-0.94/nnimap.el:
>       ** The following functions are not known to be defined:
>     	gnus-parse-netrc, gnus-netrc-get, gnus-netrc-machine,
>     	days-to-time

Theese can safely be ignored. If you want to get rid of the warning,
try making with `make GNUSDIR=~/elisp/pgnus-0.80/lisp' or something
similar.

> Regarding the failure of gnus without cl, I saw this error on starting
> gnus with M-x gnus:
>     Error in ~/.gnus: (void-function mapc)
>
> But that is strange, since I didn't have that problem with 
> nnimap 0.93.  Then again, I never byte compiled that version, but
> I wouldn't think that should make a difference.  

Strange. You're sure you don't use `mapc' in your ~/.gnus?

> And I don't remember seeing cl as a requirement when I read the
> nnimap docs.

Nnimap require cl but it should load it itself.

-s