+Mon Oct 4 15:22:46 1999 Dan Harkless <dan-nmh@dilvish.speed.net>
+
+ * Added '-L' to the calls of 'ls' in configure.in -- I have seen
+ multiple machines in the past where the mail spool was a symlink
+ to a directory on another device with more free space.
+
Fri Oct 1 22:36:56 1999 Dan Harkless <dan-nmh@dilvish.speed.net>
* Fixed a portability problem in Doug's fix of a portability
if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable'+set}'`\" = set"; then
echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
else
- if test "`$lspath -dl $mailspool | $cutpath -c9`" = "-"; then
+ if test "`$lspath -dlL $mailspool | $cutpath -c9`" = "-"; then
nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable=no
else
nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable=yes
if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp'+set}'`\" = set"; then
echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
else
- nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp=`$lspath -d $nmh_cv_ls_grpopt $mailspool |$AWK '{print $4}'`
+ nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp=`$lspath -dL $nmh_cv_ls_grpopt $mailspool|$AWK '{print $4}'`
if test x$nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp = xmail; then
MAIL_SPOOL_GRP="mail"
elif test x$nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp = xwheel; then
if test "$lspath" != "no" -a "$cutpath" != "no"; then
AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the mail spool is world-writable,
nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable,
- [if test "`$lspath -dl $mailspool | $cutpath -c9`" = "-"; then
+ [if test "`$lspath -dlL $mailspool | $cutpath -c9`" = "-"; then
nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable=no
else
nmh_cv_mailspool_world_writable=yes
dnl see if we can determine which group owns the mail spool dir
AC_CACHE_CHECK(what group owns the mail spool, nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp,
-[nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp=`$lspath -d $nmh_cv_ls_grpopt $mailspool |$AWK '{print $4}'`
+[nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp=`$lspath -dL $nmh_cv_ls_grpopt $mailspool|$AWK '{print $4}'`
dnl Should we just set it to whatever ls reports, rather than only allowing
dnl certain values...?
if test x$nmh_cv_ls_mail_grp = xmail; then