Install this version:
emerge -a =mail-client/alpine-2.29.9
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =mail-client/alpine-2.29.9
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =mail-client/alpine-2.29.9
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit autotools flag-o-matic optfeature toolchain-funcs
DESCRIPTION="An easy to use text-based based mail and news client"
HOMEPAGE="https://alpineapp.email/ https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git/"
# no official tarball, so use a recompressed snapshot of the $PV tag
SRC_URI="https://www.applied-asynchrony.com/distfiles/${P}.tar.xz"
LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
IUSE="ipv6 kerberos ldap nls onlyalpine passfile smime ssl"
DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:=
virtual/libcrypt:=
kerberos? ( app-crypt/mit-krb5 )
ldap? ( net-nds/openldap:= )
ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
app-misc/mime-types
"
src_prepare() {
default
# fix gettext macros to work with >=0.23 (bug #946128)
# eautoreconf will call autopoint, which will install any necessary files
# from the version we set in configure.ac
local gettext_version=$(gettextize --version | awk '/GNU gettext-tools/{print $NF}' || die)
sed -i "s/^AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(.*)/AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([${gettext_version}])/g" configure.ac || die
eautoreconf
tc-export CC RANLIB AR
export CC_FOR_BUILD="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
}
src_configure() {
myconf=(
--without-tcl
--with-pthread
--with-system-pinerc="${EPREFIX}"/etc/pine.conf
--with-system-fixed-pinerc="${EPREFIX}"/etc/pine.conf.fixed
$(use_with ldap)
$(use_with ssl)
$(use_with passfile passfile .pinepwd)
$(use_with kerberos krb5)
$(use_enable nls)
$(use_with ipv6)
$(use_with smime)
)
if has_version "app-text/hunspell"; then
myconf+=( --with-interactive-spellcheck=/usr/bin/hunspell )
elif has_version "app-text/aspell"; then
myconf+=( --with-interactive-spellcheck=/usr/bin/aspell )
fi
if use ssl; then
myconf+=(
--with-ssl-include-dir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/include/openssl
--with-ssl-lib-dir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)
--with-ssl-certs-dir="${EPREFIX}"/etc/ssl/certs
)
fi
# Bug 935343; see imap/docs/bugs.txt
if use ipv6; then
sed -i "s/IP=4/IP=6/" imap/Makefile || die
fi
# dial down warnings about unused results
append-cflags -Wno-unused-result
# workaround for autoconf-2.73 defaulting to C23:
# https://bugs.gentoo.org/972313
append-cflags -std=gnu17
econf "${myconf[@]}"
}
src_compile() {
# the bundled c-client lib stumbles with both -j>1 and --shuffle #888709
emake -j1 --shuffle=none AR="$(tc-getAR)" c-client
emake AR="$(tc-getAR)"
}
src_install() {
if use onlyalpine ; then
dobin alpine/alpine
doman doc/man1/alpine.1
else
emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
doman doc/man1/*.1
fi
dodoc NOTICE README*
dodoc doc/brochure.txt
dodoc -r doc/tech-notes/
newdoc "${S}/doc/mailcap.unx" mailcap.unx.sample
newdoc "${S}/doc/mime.types" mime.types.sample
docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/mailcap.unx.sample /usr/share/doc/${PF}/mime.types.sample
}
pkg_postinst() {
optfeature "Spell checking" app-text/hunspell app-text/aspell
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p mail-client/alpine |
euse -E <flag> -p mail-client/alpine |
euse -D <flag> -p mail-client/alpine
sys-libs/ncurses:= virtual/libcrypt:= kerberos? ( app-crypt/mit-krb5 ) ldap? ( net-nds/openldap:= ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
sys-libs/ncurses:= virtual/libcrypt:= kerberos? ( app-crypt/mit-krb5 ) ldap? ( net-nds/openldap:= ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= ) app-misc/mime-types
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | alpine-2.29.9.tar.xz | 13271864 bytes | https://www.applied-asynchrony.com/distfiles/alpine-2.29.9.tar.xz |