Install this version:
emerge -a =net-mail/getmail-6.19.12
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =net-mail/getmail-6.19.12
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =net-mail/getmail-6.19.12
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL=1
DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
PYTHON_REQ_USE="ssl"
inherit distutils-r1
DESCRIPTION="A mail retriever with reliable Maildir and mbox delivery"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.getmail6.org/ https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
S="${WORKDIR}/getmail6-${PV}"
# getmail is under GPLv2
# getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens is under Apache 2.0
LICENSE="GPL-2 Apache-2.0"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-revert-doc-path.patch"
)
python_prepare_all() {
# Use gentoo version number (including revision) for doc dir and remove COPYING file
sed -i -e "s,'getmail-%s' % __version__,'${PF}'," \
-e "/docs\/COPYING/d" "${S}"/setup.py || die
distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
}
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | getmail-6.19.12.gh.tar.gz | 221151 bytes | https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/archive/v6.19.12.tar.gz |