Description of problem: Attempts to bounce a message to another address fail like this: -> dist +inbox 167 ... What now? send send: unable to link /home/wd/Mail/inbox/167 to /home/wd/Mail/inboxsendhw7pvG: File exists Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nmh-1.4-1.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run "dist" to redistribute a message like this: dist +inbox 167 2. When asked "What now?", enter "send" Actual results: No message sent, instead error message: send: unable to link /home/wd/Mail/inbox/167 to /home/wd/Mail/inboxsendhw7pvG: File exists Expected results: No error, message sent. Additional info: This error appears to have been introduced with nmh-1.4; it worked before. strace shows what's happening: ... 18658 write(1, "What now? ", 10) = 10 18658 fstat(0, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 4), ...}) = 0 18658 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5b29211000 18658 read(0, "send\n", 1024) = 5 18658 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x31fe236300}, {0x40a5a0, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x31fe236300}, 8) = 0 18658 umask(077) = 022 18658 getpid() = 18658 18658 open("/home/wd/Mail/inboxsendDKfp0U", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = 4 18658 close(4) = 0 18658 umask(022) = 077 18658 link("/home/wd/Mail/inbox/167", "/home/wd/Mail/inboxsendDKfp0U") = -1 EEXIST (File exists) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 18658 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4 18658 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2512, ...}) = 0 18658 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f5b29210000 18658 read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2512 18658 read(4, "", 4096) = 0 18658 close(4) = 0 18658 munmap(0x7f5b29210000, 4096) = 0 18658 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 18658 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 18658 open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 18658 open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 18658 writev(2, [{"send", 4}, {": ", 2}, {"unable to link /home/wd/Mail/inb"..., 41}, {" ", 1}, {"/home/wd/Mail/inboxsendDKfp0U", 29}, {": ", 2}, {"File exists", 11}, {"\n", 1}], 8) = 91 18658 exit_group(1) = ?
This issue has been fixed in upstream; see http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nmh.git/commit/?id=01943d78230ead5bcc568e8a87d3cdbaac1f5584 and for context: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.exmh.user/3010/focus=1005
The fix is part of nmh-1.5 RC1. Is there an rpm somewhere in Fedora for this? I've enabled updates-testing and still didn't see it.
nmh-1.5-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nmh-1.5-1.fc16
nmh-1.5-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nmh-1.5-1.fc17
Package nmh-1.5-1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing nmh-1.5-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10265/nmh-1.5-1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
nmh-1.5-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nmh-1.5-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.