Vincent -- ...and then Vincent Lefevre said... % % On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:00:09 -0500, David T-G wrote: % > % > ...and then Vincent Lefevre said... % > % % > % It seems that to force the dotlock locking strategy, one needs to use % > % the --with-homespool option. But then, mutt -v says: % > % > That doesn't make sense; I've had dotlocking with my mail spool under % > /var before. In fact, the whole reason for having a separate dotlock % > program with its own priv permissions is specifically because of mail % > spools under /var instead of $HOME. % % I wasn't talking of a separate dotlock program. I just wanted Mutt % to use the dotlock mechanism (preferably the internal one).
You'd *prefer* the internal? OK. % % > % MAILPATH="mailbox" % > % % > % Here, mailbox doesn't correspond to anything. So, is it a problem? % > % > What if you compile with HOMESPOOL turned off? % % With --with-homespool: % +USE_DOTLOCK % MAILPATH="mailbox" % % Without --with-homespool: % -USE_DOTLOCK % MAILPATH="" Hmmm... I see what you mean; there's not --use-dotlock switch. Well, you could --enable-external-dotlock to force it, even though you'd then have the external program. [Why don't you like that, though?] Come to think of it, I think dotlocking is the default, so if you specifically disable fcntl (and perhaps flock) then you'll get that. When you install, check the perms on the binary; if you don't have the external program, then you'll probably have an sgid mutt, which can then do dotlocking in /var -- and which, with or without the perms, can lock in your home dir. % % > % Note that my only spool mailbox is an IMAP mailbox. But I need a locking % > % strategy for the postpone and archive mailboxes (under NFS). As fcntl is % > % not reliable here, I think I'll disable it and use dotlocking only. % > % > Sounds good. % % Well, the lock manager has just been cleaned here, so fcntl is now OK % (for the moment). That's good :-) HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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