On 2015-08-13 20:24 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > A line buffer of length $LINEBUF is used when processing the > > rcfile, any expansions that don't fit within this limit will be > > truncated and PROCMAIL_OVERFLOW will be set. If the overflowing > > line is a condition or an action line, then it will be considered > > failed and procmail will continue processing. If it is a > > variable assignment or recipe start line then procmail will abort > > the entire rcfile.
> You might like to read both recipe and manpage again. When "processing > the rcfile", the line with $SUBJECT does not expand. The "SUBJECT=" line > is a variable assignment, not a macro definition. And this (the assignment line) is what I'm worried about, not the later line where $SUBJECT is used. According to the above paragraph, if _the expansion_ doesn't fit in $LINEBUF, the panic mode is triggered. I think substituting a shell command output counts as "expansion". Do you not agree? -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.
