Re: [opensuse] fetchmail daemon fails to start on 11.3 - SOLVED

On 2010-08-26 03:53, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Carlos E. R. <> [08-25-10 20:58]:
On 2010-08-26 02:22, Andre Truter wrote:

The init script have a variable : $FETCHMAIL_RC_PATH which is not
declared anywhere, so it tries to start fetchmail as follows:

It has been renamed. In 11.2 it is called thus:

FETCHMAIL_RC=/etc/fetchmailrc

in the script itself.


Ahhhh, I have ll.2 and:

21:52 wahoo:~ # grep -i path /etc/sysconfig/fetchmail
## Path: Network/Mail/Fetchmail
FETCHMAIL_RC_PATH="/etc/fetchmailrc"

Well, that's funny. It is not in mine. On neither one of the two installs I have in this machine (32
and 64 bit).

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))

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