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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:24:51 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: Mutt 1.4-1 opens mbox read-only on Win98
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Pierre,

On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 07:47:54PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> Comparing the original mutt -v with the new one gave:
> /usr/src: diff ~/mutt_old ~/mutt_new
> 11c11
> < -HOMESPOOL  -USE_SETGID  +USE_DOTLOCK  -DL_STANDALONE  
> ---
> > -HOMESPOOL  -USE_SETGID  -USE_DOTLOCK  -DL_STANDALONE  

IIRC, a workaround is to configure with "--enable-external-dotlock".

> It turns out that configure looks at the permissions of the spool/mail
> directory to decide the value of USE_DOTLOCK. Sneaky and confusing!

Agreed!  Been there, done that!

> ~: ./a.exe
> Currdir = -1 errno 21

This appears to be a Windows 9x/Me specific problem.  Under Windows
2000, I get the following:

    $ ./open
    Currdir = 3 errno 0

Jason

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