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Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read-only


* Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net> [24-07-02 14:37]:
 
> I started to get the read-only mbox problem myself.  I
> determined that if mutt cannot dotlock an mbox then it will open it
> read-only.  This can easily tested by using mutt_dotlock:
> 
>     $ mutt_dotlock -t /var/spool/mail/jt
>     $ echo $?
>     5
> 
> If you get a "5" (instead of "0"), then the permissions of
> /var/spool/mail are not correct.
> 
> Please try running mutt_dotlock -t on your mbox.  Does it indicate
> incorrect permissions?

After building the package again with --enable-external-dotlock, I get
the mutt_dotlock.exe and my mboxes are writeable, everythings fine.
All mboxes got a "0" on this test.


Jens


$ diff -u makemutt makemutt.new 
--- makemutt    2002-07-27 02:44:28.000000000 +0200
+++ makemutt.new        2002-07-25 20:20:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 export MAILPATH=/var/spool/mail
 
 OPTS="--with-mailpath=/var/spool/mail --with-regex --enable-pop
--enable-imap --enable-locales-fix --with-ssl \
+--enable-external-dotlock \
 --enable-buffy-size \
 --prefix=/usr \
 --sysconfdir=/etc \


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