I've asked the list for help with this once before - here's hoping
I can do a better job of explaining it this time...
Ever since I upgraded from 0.95.1 to 1.2.*, I've been seeing problems
with .lock files being left around in my ~/Mail directory when I s)ave or
C)opy messages into a mbox folder. This does not always occur, but rather
seems dependant on the size of the folder in question. Folders that are
smaller than about 2k usually (but not always) leave a .lock file; while
bigger folders usually don't. The behavior seems very non-deterministic:
I've seen folders as small as 1890 bytes that didn't have a stale lock
file, and as big as 4348 bytes that did. I've been frustrated by this
for months and am still no closer to understanding the problem. Has
anyone seen anything like this before?
FYI, my current version of mutt is:
Mutt 1.2.5i (2000-07-28)
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Michael R. Elkins and others.
Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'.
Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details.
System: HP-UX B.10.20 [using slang 10202]
Compile options:
-DOMAIN
-DEBUG
-HOMESPOOL +USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK
-USE_IMAP -USE_GSS -USE_SSL -USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX
+HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +ENABLE_NLS
SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/mail"
SHAREDIR="/opt/mutt/share/mutt"
SYSCONFDIR="/opt/mutt/etc"
-ISPELL
--
Wesley Hart
Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough
meetings are held to discuss it.
-- Mitchell's Law of Committees
