Re: mutt_dotlock and permissions (was: (Solved) Re: pdf
On 2007-02-16 10:41:43 +0100, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> If the locking strategy isn't consistent on a system, then it's
> fairly likely that mailbox corruption occurs -- mutt isn't the only
> party that locks and writes to mailboxes.
>
> I'm not sure, therefore, where precisely you see the problem that
> would need to be fixed inside mutt.
The problem is that at build time, Mutt sometimes decides not
to use dotlocking (mutt -v says -USE_DOTLOCK), though dotlocking
may be necessary for some mailboxes. IMHO, Mutt should always be
configured with dotlocking support and decide *at run time* if
dotlocking is needed or not.
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