On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:25:08 -0500, David T-G wrote: > 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?]
An additional --use-dotlock switch would be better. Anyway, I've just tried with --enable-external-dotlock and it has no effect: -USE_DOTLOCK. > 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. Here, dotlocking is disabled by default. > 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. I only need to lock things in my home dir (the spool mailbox in /var/... no longer exists). -- Vincent Lef�vre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Math�matiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
