Re: [Pan-users] Upload/Post a newsgroup attachment in old Pan v0.133?

[David Shochat]

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:38:28 -0700, Ant wrote:
 
>> Well, there is at least one other option: You can grab the source and
>> build it yourself. People here can help you with that.
> 
> Hmm, source will be a mess and complex. 
Not necessarily. The tools have matured so much over the last 20 years, 
most of the complexity is handled automatically by the configure script.
 
> Won't v0.133 require latest
> versions of dependencies? 
Well, that is possible, but may not be the case (it should only require a 
version of a given dependency whose functionality it really needs). The 
only way to find out is to give it a try. If you do, remember that if 
configure says you're missing some library, it may be that you just need 
the corresponding '-dev' package, and synaptic will show you right away 
if that's the case and offer to install it (and its dependencies) for 
you. But if you find that synaptic shows only a version that is older 
than pan is asking for, then yes, things do become complex.