Re: compile on MacOS, Install and config information is a bit confusing

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
>> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:27:09 +0200
>> 
>> Reading the INSTALL file in the nexstep directory I find
>> 
>> 
>> ,----
>> |   ./configure --with-ns
>> `----
>> 
>> However when I run this option, I obtain a warning 
>> (I have seen in GNU/Linux)
>> 
>> ,----
>> | WARNING: This configuration installs a 'movemail' program
>> | 
>> | that does not retrieve POP3 email.  By default, Emacs 25 and earlier
>> | 
>> | installed a 'movemail' program that retrieved POP3 email via only
>> | 
>> | insecure channels, a practice that is no longer recommended but that
>> | 
>> | you can continue to support by using './configure --with-pop'.
>> | 
>> | configure: You might want to install GNU Mailutils
>> | 
>> | <https://mailutils.org> and use './configure --with-mailutils'.
>> `----
>> 
>> Isn't this a  bit confusing.

> Why is it confusing?  What is unclear about that warning?

This part is *not* confusing, what is confusing that this option is
*not* mentioned in the INSTALL file in the nextstep directory.

It is not coherent, to recommend to use 

  ./configure --with-ns

And then let a message tell you to use a different option



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