> >Every time I get a new Redhat installation, I need to update inc 1.0.4 > >because it doesn't properly handle POP passwords (without a .netrc file). > >It would be nice if the released nmh didn't have this bug (which is > >arguably a bug in glibc ruserpass which they refuse to fix). > > So, are you saying this has been fixed in RC1, or it hasn't?
It has been fixed. I was just grousing that the fix has been in CVS for a couple years but not in the Redhat distributions. The problem was an incompatibility between the ruserpass() in glibc and every other ruserpass() on the planet (and the glibc guy thinks that everyone else is wrong). If you have no .netrc file on Linux, inc core dumps or it uses the wrong password, I don't remember which right now. If you have no .netrc file in any of the other OSes or if you use sbr/ruserpass.c then it prompts you for the POP password. RC1 appears to always use sbr/ruserpass.c even if libc provides its own ruserpass(), so this issue is resolved. Thanks, -Paul
