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Re: another silly question



On 2005-04-23 10:45:23 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> The point behind having the external dotlock helper is to make sure
> that we can do the dotlocking with the necessary privileges.

Sometimes it guesses wrong.

> The best approach if you want to install a custom mutt version on a
> system that has mutt_dotlock installed elsewhere is to just *ignore*
> the fact that "make install" bails out complaining about a chgrp.
> Then, use your mutt configuration to point to the pre-installed
> mutt_dotlock.  That way, you get your private mutt, but still have
> the necessary locking rights.

Or use Tamotsu Takahashi's sysdotlock patch.

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