#3236: mutt: should use /var/tmp for mail drafts by default
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Reporter: anto...@dyne.org | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version:
Keywords: |
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Forwarding from http://bugs.debian.org/530584
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By default, mutt stores drafts in
/tmp/mutt-$HOSTNAME-$UID-$PID-$REV. /tmp is designed to hold data
that isn't guaranteed to be preserved between different invocations
of programmes. For practical purposes, and on Debian at least, this
translates to files being deleted on every boot, unless TMPTIME is
amended in /etc/default/rcS and /tmp is not a tmpfs.
This behaviour can cause loss of data, e.g. when the laptop dies or
turns itself off due to low power; the user might not have a chance
to commit the temporary mail draft s/he was working on to
non-volatile storage.
I suggest that mutt should use /var/tmp by default for its mail
drafts, as that directory is also temporary in nature, but cleaned
less frequently than /tmp. More specifically, the FHS dictates that
"files and directories located in /var/tmp must not be deleted when
the system is booted."
Attached are two patches, one for the code and what looks like the
source of the documentation (init.h), and another patching the docs,
which look like auto-generated content.
Thanks for your consideration,
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3236>
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