> On Mar 5, 2017, at 7:26 PM, David Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not off hand. It looks like $MHTMPDIR was introduced between MH 6.8.5 > and the entry of nmh into CVS. MH 6.8.5 hard-coded the use of /tmp/. > > The thread beginning at > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2014-01/msg00043.html > has the most recent discussion. But the introduction of ~/mail > (`mhpath +`, actually) was before that. > > Personally, I set $TMP.
The UNIX convention since forever has been to set $TMPDIR, on the assumption that mktemp() and friends are taking care of things. I can't think of any reason why MH should be special in this regard. This sounds like a candidate for more code removal. --lyndon _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
