Mystery solved! The very first line is missing a space between ‘Nov’ and ‘1’ (should be two spaces). After adding it back, mail can now parse the file. (Also, Nov 1 is Thu, not Sun, but that wouldn’t have prevented mail from parsing the file). I will send a patch to tech@ adding that space back - it would be cool to make a contribution of a single character ;).
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 7:32 AM, ivp...@eml.cc wrote: > And regardless, /usr/src/usr.bin/mail/main.c:95 unsets MAIL > environment> variable when an '-u' flag is present, and the problem I'm > reporting > persists even when I run > > mail -u root > > as root. > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 7:29 AM, ivp...@eml.cc wrote: > > Yes, and I didn't change any defaults: > > > > # set | grep MAIL > > MAIL=/var/mail/root > > MAILCHECK=600 > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 7:23 AM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:18:57AM -0800, ivp...@eml.cc wrote: > > > > > > > I also tested on 6.4-release, and can confirm the same behavior.> > > > > > Is you MAIL environment var set? > > > > > > -Otto > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 7:13 AM, ivp...@eml.cc wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, at 6:03 AM, TronDD wrote: > > > > > > On November 8, 2018 1:39:13 AM CST, ivp...@eml.cc wrote: > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I must be missing something obvious, but since installing > > > > > > >6.4-current> > > > > > >(on a few versions in a row), I can't get > > > > > > >mail to read > > > > > > >/var/mail/root.> > > > > > > > > > > > > >After logging in, I see: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-------< > > > > > > >OpenBSD 6.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #425: Sun Nov 4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[... skipped ...] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >You have mail. > > > > > > >thor# mail > > > > > > >No mail for root > > > > > > >thor# mail -f /var/mail/root > > > > > > >Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help. > > > > > > >"/var/mail/root": 0 messages > > > > > > >thor# ls -l /var/mail/root > > > > > > >-rw------- 1 root wheel 3.9K Oct 20 00:37 > > > > > > >/var/mail/root> > > > > > >thor# head /var/mail/root > > > > > > >From dera...@do-not-reply.openbsd.org Sun Nov 1 06:30:00 > > > > > > >MDT 2018> > > > > > >Return-Path: root > > > > > > >Date: Nov 1 06:30:00 MDT 2018 > > > > > > >From: dera...@do-not-reply.openbsd.org (Theo de Raadt) > > > > > > >To: root > > > > > > >Subject: Welcome to OpenBSD 6.4! > > > > > > > > > > > > > >This message attempts to describe the most basic initial > > > > > > >questions that> > > > > > >a > > > > > > >system administrator of an OpenBSD box might have. You are > > > > > > >urged to> > > > > > >save > > > > > > >this message for later reference. > > > > > > >>------< > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I also remember that I had this problem since the first > > > > > > >time I> > > > > > >installed 6.4-current on my new laptop. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I do receive local mail (e.g., from crontab) for a non- > > > > > > >priveleged user> > > > > > >created during setup. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Any ideas of what might be going on? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Best, > > > > > > >ivpgbe > > > > > > > > > > > > It's because the Welcome email that gets sent to root and > > > > > > the user> > > > > > created during install is dated in the future. > > > > > > It has the > > > > > > initial> > > > > > planned release date of Nov. 1st. Mail(1) can't > > > > > > seem to see > > > > > > into the> > > > > > future. > > > > > > > > > > Good catch - that explains why I would not see it after the > > > > > install. But> > > > > today is Nov 8 (as confirmed by date(1), and it > > > > > still doesn't > > > > > see it,> > > > > even after I touch(1) the file. Should I report it > > > > > as a bug? > > > > > > > > > > The mismatch between Nov 1 and the actual release is probably > > > > > another> > > > > bug. Should I report as well? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > >
