H Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think changing it back would be a bad idea, because it breaks > compatibility with other systems, which we *can't* change.
Yes, many sites have several different types of Unix running (such as Solaris), most of which use /var/mail. Pretty much only Linux uses /var/spool/mail. The other side of the coin is that there is lots of source code that has #ifdef linux and sets the default MAILPATH to /var/spool/mail. In addition, most Linux packages (from places like Debian, SuSE, and Red Hat) continue to use /var/spool/mail. At Transmeta, we actually have a symbolic link from /var/spool/mail to a /var/mail mount point on our Linux systems. - Dan
