Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 18:26:10 GMT From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/1894: elm trashes mailboxes Message-ID: <199610261826.SAA00369@veda.is> Resent-Message-ID: <199610261830.LAA20215@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1894 >Category: ports >Synopsis: elm trashes mailboxes >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 26 11:30:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Adam David >Organization: Veda Internet >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386 >Environment: NFS mounted /var/mail, elm and procmail configured with flock() and dot locking. Elm is installed setgid mail. >Description: while starting elm (and possibly at other times) a discrepancy is detected between the size of the mailbox and the temp file. Elm does an emergency bailout, claiming to leave files intact, but the mailbox is truncated towards the end. [perhaps unrelated, it is now possible to invoke multiple instances of elm from different hosts, but this might be solely due to using separate temp dirs.] >How-To-Repeat: ? >Fix: ? >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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