X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=sbr%2Fcontext_read.c;h=a655effc41bc20d54ac6cadebd9a1103c838df7f;hb=6f1a8c3b8d6f19bbe33e7d3fa746ae1d2e9ac455;hp=fcc12f99c29c9037a75ef9bdbb3af480b2536a04;hpb=0e7106da702d97e10f3bd24d8284a2ab86044ebd;p=mmh

diff --git a/sbr/context_read.c b/sbr/context_read.c
index fcc12f9..a655eff 100644
--- a/sbr/context_read.c
+++ b/sbr/context_read.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * context_read.c -- find and read profile and context files
  *
- * $Id$
- *
  * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh.  See the
  * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
  * complete copyright information.
@@ -39,6 +37,13 @@ context_read (void)
     register	FILE		*ib;		/* profile and context file pointer */
 
     /*
+     *  If this routine _is_ called again (despite the wanings in the
+     *  comments above), return immediately.
+     */
+    if ( m_defs != 0 )
+        return;
+
+    /*
      *	Find user's home directory.  Try the HOME environment variable first,
      *	the home directory field in the password file if that's not found.
      */
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ context_read (void)
 	free (cp);
 
 	if (!makedir (nd))
-	    adios (NULL, "unable to create", nd);
+	    adios (NULL, "unable to create %s", nd);
     }
 
     else if ((st.st_mode & S_IFDIR) == 0)
@@ -120,8 +125,11 @@ context_read (void)
     if ((cp = getenv ("MHCONTEXT")) == (char *)0 || *cp == '\0')
 	cp = context;
 
-    /* context is NULL if context_foil() was called to disable use of context */
-    if (!cp) {
+    /* context is NULL if context_foil() was called to disable use of context
+     * We also support users setting explicitly setting MHCONTEXT to /dev/null.
+     * (if this wasn't specialcased then the locking would be liable to fail)
+     */
+    if (!cp || (strcmp(cp,"/dev/null") == 0)) {
 	ctxpath = NULL;
 	return;
     }