On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 06:32:24PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote......
> I've been using getmail4 for some time with no problems. My python > version is 2.3. > > Today I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.8 to 2.6.11. Since then I've > been getting the following error message whenever I execute getmail: > > /usr/lib/python2.3/optparse.py:668: FutureWarning: %u/%o/%x/%X of > negative int will return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up > return ("<%s at 0x%x: %r>" > > I find it hard to imagine that the kernel upgrade has anything to do > with this error. > > But anyway, has anyone seen this before? > > I checked the getmail site, and in their FAQ they mention this > error, but simply say it's a bug in Python2.3. Yet just this > morning this was working for me, so I don't think Python2.3 has a > bug. I fixed this, although my solution won't survive an apt-get upgrade to getmail4. I simply went into /usr/bin/getmail and /usr/bin/getmail_maildir and change the first line: < #!/usr/bin/python > #!/usr/bin/python -W ignore Not elegant and not the right solution, but the getmail4 website considers this a python2.3 bug, and the folks at comp.lang.python simply suggested upgrading to python2.4. So my simple hack will suffice for now. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]