[bug-mailutils] address@hidden: Bug#644267: fails to access a read-only folder]

[Jordi Mallach]

Hi Sergey,

Can you comment on this bug against MH that was reported in the BTS?

Thanks!
Jordi
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> Bug#644267: fails to access a read-only folder 
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> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:19:59 +0700
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux)
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> Package: mailutils-mh
> Version: 1:2.2+dfsg1-3+b1
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>         The mhn command fails to access a read-only folder, e. g.:
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> $ which mhn 
> /usr/bin/mailutils-mh
> $ mhn +foo 12345 
> $ echo $? 
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>         Running mhn under strace(1) reveals that it tries,
>         unsuccessfully, to open(2) ~/Mail/foo/12345 with O_RDWR.
>         Arguably, it should've used O_RDONLY instead.
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>         The scan command produces a list devoid of any information for
>         this folder, except for the message numbers.
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>         Also, for no reason obvious to me, both commands try to access
>         ~/Mail/foo/10000 (which is the first message in the folder) just
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>         The operation on read-only folders is a generic prerequisite of
>         accessing shared mail folders (such as, e. g., mailing list or
>         newsgroup archives.)
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