Related to commit 7bd57bc3c24adf97f1f57bd6bb2fd18347f8cbbd, is dotlocking still used nowadays?
Even if it is, I find annoying that for an end user who probably won't need it, Mutt's installation will fail if he does not provide the --with-homespool option. Let's recall that dotlocking alone is not safe with some file systems, such as NFS, since even if the client has an exclusive access to the mailbox file, there is no guarantee that the synchronization will be done before another program accesses the mailbox. In short, a working fcntl locking is needed. But if it is available, then dotlocking is useless. So, IMHO, if still supported, dotlocking should just be seen as a fallback, and if mutt_dotlock cannot be installed with the right permissions, the installation of Mutt should not fail. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
