failed 'jaro init' under arch linux because of bad option (-q ) on wipe

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Terminal UI email client to download, filter, search and archive messages off-line

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failed 'jaro init' under arch linux because of bad option (-q ) on wipe #4

Closed csantosb closed 9 years ago

csantosb commented 9 years ago

This is what I get (I install jaromail under /usr, not /usr/local) when I run jaro init under arch linux with Wipe v2.3.1 - released November 1st, 2009

[*] Jaro Mail v2.1 running on GNU/Linux
 .  Maildirs in /home/csantos/Mail
 .  System in /usr/share/jaromail
 .  full set of auxiliary functions loaded
 .  Using temporary directory in volatile RAM
[*] Updating filters...
 .  updating mutt settings
 .  configuring helper applications
 .  generating sieve filter rules
error: bad option: q
Type 'wipe -h' for help.

Is it safe to remove the -q argument in source ?

csantosb commented 9 years ago

... anyway, this is what I get from

wipe -f -s -R /dev/urandom

wipe: cannot restore file mode for `/dev/urandom': Operation not permitted
wipe: cannot synchronize `/dev/urandom': Invalid argument
wipe: failed to wipe `/dev/urandom'

suggestions ?

rebtoor commented 9 years ago

Hi csantosb, I've got the same problem on OpenSuSE 13.2.

The reason is that OpenSuSE and ArchLinux install by default a wrong version of the wipe software (http://wipe.sourceforge.net/).

You can find the right version here: http://lambda-diode.com/software/wipe/

When I've installed it, those errors are gone.

Hope this helps.

csantosb commented 9 years ago

Great, thanks !