Package: python2.5
Version: 2.5-5
Severity: normal
Hi,
the mailbox module in python 2.5 cannot modify mboxes in read-only
directories, e.g. the system mail spool. This is because
mailbox._singlefileMailbox.flush() tries to write the modified mailbox
to a temporary file and then rename it. See:
penelope[tmp]$ python2.5
Python 2.5 (release25-maint, Dec 9 2006, 14:35:53)
[GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-20)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mailbox
>>> mbox = mailbox.mbox("/var/mail/nikolaus")
>>> mbox.clear()
>>> mbox.close()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/mailbox.py", line 623, in close
self.flush()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/mailbox.py", line 570, in flush
new_file = _create_temporary(self._path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/mailbox.py", line 1885, in _create_temporary
os.getpid()))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/mailbox.py", line 1875, in _create_carefully
fd = os.open(path, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_RDWR)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/tmp/mail/nikolaus.1195061622.penelope.4241'
>>>
See also bug #451204. It pretty much looks like no one has ever tested
mailbox.py with such scenarios. :-(
Nikolaus
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