Debian bug report logs - #905, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#905: xbiff doesn't know how to find mailboxes
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From: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller)
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Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.1-2

xbiff doesn't know how to find the user's mailbox.  For example,
uncommenting the GoodStuff xbiff line in system.fvwmrc is completely
useless.

[Here's the workaround:

*GoodStuff - whatever Swallow "xbiff" sh -c 'exec xbiff -file /var/spool/mail/`whoami` -bg \#908090' &

Raul

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Subject: Bug#905: Acknowledgement (was: xbiff doesn't know how to find mailboxes)
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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Raul Miller writes ("Bug#905: xbiff doesn't know how to find mailboxes"):
> Package: xbase
> Version: 3.1.1-2
>
> xbiff doesn't know how to find the user's mailbox.  For example,
> uncommenting the GoodStuff xbiff line in system.fvwmrc is completely
> useless.
>
> [Here's the workaround:
>
> [...] xbiff -file /var/spool/mail/`whoami` [...]

(I've removed parts of the command line that obscured what was going
on.)

Note that this is of course not a complete fix, merely a workaround.
xbiff should know where to look without having to be told - the
correct location should be compiled in.

Otherwise every invocation of xbiff everywhere will have to be
changed.

Ian.

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To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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