https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285514
Bug ID: 285514
Summary: sh: Display "you have mail" message when there is mail
Product: Base System
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
I believe /bin/sh should display the message "you have mail" whenever there is
mail, much like /bin/tcsh does.
For example:
[sh] # mail -s test root
test
<CTRL+D>EOT
[sh] # sh
<no "you have mail" message>
[sh] #
Compared with /bin/tcsh:
[tcsh] # mail -s test root
test
<CTRL+D>EOT
[tcsh] # csh
You have mail.
[tcsh] #
The functionality seems to be almost there, but it is not clear to me why is
implemented that way.
Attached is a minimal change that should allow this to happen.
After the patch:
[sh] # mail -s test root
test
<CTRL+D>EOT
[sh] # sh
you have mail
[sh] #
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