Hi David,
> I'd like to get Ralph's take on what we should do.
Thanks. If my suggestion to Stephen of unsetting HOME works and is
acceptable to him then I suggest we don't change nmh for this release.
> > A further documentation issue: mh-profile(5) does not specify the
> > treatment of a relative Path. I expected it to be relative to the
> > directory of the profile file, but it seems to actually be relative
> > to HOME.
>
> Right, it's relative to HOME. I'll add this clarification to the man
> page:
> A relative Path is relative to the user's $HOME directory.
> unless there's another suggestion.
As HOME needn't be set how about mh_profile(5) saying
Path: Mail
Locates nmh transactions in directory “Mail”.
+ A relative path starts from the user's home directory.
This is the only mandatory profile entry.
(profile, no default)
I see the ENVIRONMENT section doesn't mention HOME.
Perhaps,
HOME If set, it is used as the user's home directory.
If not set then getpwuid(3)'s pw_dir is used.
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Cheers, Ralph.
