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