[This has also been reported at <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/+bug/799627> by me.] The root source of the bug is that
rm -f $TMPFILE is run *before* Mutt has had time to read $TMPFILE. This happens only if the mailto link contains the "body" property and /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper (the default in Ubuntu), because the latter is known to run in the background <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/666418>. An ugly workaround is to assume that Mutt will read the file with the body text within a second of running x-terminal-emulator: > sleep 1 rm -f $TMPFILE Another ugly workaround for this is to use --disable-factory in gnome-terminal.wrapper: $ diff -u gnome-terminal.wrapper.orig /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper --- gnome-terminal.wrapper.orig 2011-11-24 13:23:47.000000000 +0100 +++ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 2011-11-24 13:21:55.019482796 +0100 @@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ { @args = ('--login', @args); } +push(@args, '--disable-factory'); exec('gnome-terminal',@args); A better workaround would be to fix gnome-terminal to use make sure it doesn't run in the background by default. -- Victor Engmark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
