Jerry wrote:
> Success on Mageia Linux 8. Working as promised, using live for email
> as I type.
Thanks, Jerry.
David
I have investigated the failure of the xlbiff tests with nmh 1.8RC2.
(This is https://bugs.debian.org/1029752)
In one of the tests, xlbiff sets environment variable HOME to an empty
string and MH to a file containing a custom profile with an absolute Path.
With nmh 1.7.1, this environment works.
I also use xlbiff and would like it to continue working without needing to
fuss with it.
The next best option for me is that I might be required to set some
environment variables in a sane way that doesn't cascade into the operation
of other programs.
Thanks for uncovering this release client cha
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:47:05 -0800, Stephen Gildea writes:
>I have investigated the failure of the xlbiff tests with nmh 1.8RC2.
>(This is https://bugs.debian.org/1029752)
stephen, thanks for that.
>In one of the tests, xlbiff sets environment variable HOME to an empty
>string and MH to a file co
>$ printf 'Path: /tmp\n' > /tmp/mh-profile-minimal
>$ HOME= MH=/tmp/mh-profile-minimal /usr/bin/mh/mhparam path
Thank you for the analysis. I am wondering, though ... WHY does xlbiff
set HOME to '' for this test?
(I am neutral on whether or not this is technically a regression; I can
see it both
Date:Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:11:26 -0500
From:Ken Hornstein
Message-ID: <20230130211131.8e81d1df...@pb-smtp20.pobox.com>
| Alexander does point out that HOME is supposed to be
| valid according to POSIX,
That's actually not correct, all the text quoted requires is th
Stephen wrote:
> My analysis:
>
> This is a regression. HOME is used only to set the default profile
> file to "$HOME/.mh_profile". But nmh doesn't need HOME if MH is set.
Thanks for your analysis. I'd like to get Ralph's take on what we
should do.
> A further documentation issue: mh-profile(
Ken Hornstein wrote:
> >$ printf 'Path: /tmp\n' > /tmp/mh-profile-minimal
> >$ HOME= MH=/tmp/mh-profile-minimal /usr/bin/mh/mhparam path
>
> Thank you for the analysis. I am wondering, though ... WHY does xlbiff
> set HOME to '' for this test?
To be clear, it is not xlbiff itself tha
