Re: [Info-mtools] 4.0.28: Regression in mmd ("Disk full")

[Alain Knaff]

Hi,

On 31/05/2021 00:24, David Runge wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> When updating the mtools package to 4.0.28 for Arch Linux I noticed a
> regression in mmd which leads to it exiting with a non-zero status code,
> although successfully creating a directory.
> 
> This can be reproduced with the attached script.
> With 4.0.27 mmd will create the directory and exit with a status code of
> 0.
> With 4.0.28 three "Disk full" messages are emitted (the directory is
> created though!) and mmd exits with a status code of 1.
> 
> As our distribution's installation medium tooling depends on mtools, I'd
> be happy to try any patches for this as I will otherwise have to
> downgrade the package.
> 
> Best,
> David
> 

Thanks for the heads up, this is now fixed in 4.0.29

Regards,

Alain