Hmm, well I've managed to make it "work" with the following patch:
--- mbox.c.orig Wed Apr 26 15:34:13 2000
+++ mbox.c Wed Apr 26 15:33:30 2000
@@ -679,7 +679,14 @@
/* need to open the file for writing in such a way that it does not truncate
* the file, so use read-write mode.
*/
- if ((ctx->fp = freopen (ctx->path, "r+", ctx->fp)) == NULL)
+ if (fclose (ctx->fp) != 0)
+ {
+ mx_fastclose_mailbox (ctx);
+ mutt_error _("Fatal error! Could not close mailbox!");
+ return (-1);
+ }
+
+ if ((ctx->fp = fopen (ctx->path, "r+")) == NULL)
{
mx_fastclose_mailbox (ctx);
mutt_error _("Fatal error! Could not reopen mailbox!");
which doesn't really make sense, I know.
Could this be a bug in glibc 2.1.3?
.robin.
