Install this version:
emerge -a =net-mail/fetchmail-6.6.8
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6.8 | 8 | ~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~x64-solaris | 0 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit autotools systemd tmpfiles toolchain-funcs
DESCRIPTION="the legendary remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.fetchmail.info/"
SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
S=${WORKDIR}/${P/_/.}
LICENSE="GPL-2 public-domain"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~x64-solaris"
IUSE="kerberos nls ntlm selinux socks ssl tk"
RDEPEND="acct-user/fetchmail
!elibc_glibc? ( sys-fs/e2fsprogs )
kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 )
nls? ( virtual/libintl )
socks? ( net-proxy/dante )
ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.9:= )"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
app-arch/xz-utils
app-alternatives/lex
nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
RDEPEND+=" selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-fetchmail )"
REQUIRED_USE="kerberos? ( ssl )"
DOCS="FAQ FEATURES NEWS NOTES README README.NTLM README.SSL* TODO"
HTML_DOCS="*.html"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.3.26-python-optional.patch
)
src_prepare() {
default
eautoreconf
}
src_configure() {
export PYTHON=:
econf \
--disable-RPA \
--disable-SDPS \
--without-hesiod \
$(use_with kerberos gssapi) \
$(use_with kerberos kerberos5) \
$(use_enable nls) \
$(use_enable ntlm NTLM) \
$(use_with ssl ssl "${EPREFIX}/usr") \
$(use_with socks)
}
src_compile() {
emake AR="$(tc-getAR)"
}
src_install() {
default
newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/fetchmail.initd fetchmail
newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/fetchmail.confd fetchmail
systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
systemd_newunit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}_at.service "${PN}@.service"
dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf
docinto contrib
local f
for f in contrib/* ; do
[ -f "${f}" ] && dodoc "${f}"
done
}
pkg_postinst() {
tmpfiles_process ${PN}.conf
if use ntlm; then
ewarn "Using NTLM support is discouraged upstream since November 2024"
ewarn "It was the source of previous vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-94184)"
ewarn "Only enable this if really needed"
fi
if [[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
elog "Please see /etc/conf.d/fetchmail if you want to adjust"
elog "the polling delay used by the fetchmail init script."
fi
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p net-mail/fetchmail |
euse -E <flag> -p net-mail/fetchmail |
euse -D <flag> -p net-mail/fetchmail
acct-user/fetchmail !elibc_glibc? ( sys-fs/e2fsprogs ) kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 ) nls? ( virtual/libintl ) socks? ( net-proxy/dante ) ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.9:= ) app-arch/xz-utils app-alternatives/lex nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
acct-user/fetchmail !elibc_glibc? ( sys-fs/e2fsprogs ) kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 ) nls? ( virtual/libintl ) socks? ( net-proxy/dante ) ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.9:= ) selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-fetchmail )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | fetchmail-6.6.8.tar.xz | 1130232 bytes | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.6.8.tar.xz |