Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 11:55:26 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: lenzi@cwbtwo.bsi.com.br, bde@zeta.org.au, bmk@dtr.com, chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape 2.0b3 Message-ID: <199511301855.LAA01153@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199511301441.PAA07944@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Nov 30, 95 03:41:22 pm
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> > > >> Anyone try to use the mail window of the new netscape? It searches > > > >> for the mail spool directory in /usr/spool/mail. Any ideas on how we > > > >> can get get around this? > > > > > > >Naturally, you could fix it if you had the source. > > > > > > > Excuse me, > > > > > > Why just do a simbolic link of the directories > > ln -s /var/mail /usr/spool??? > > Sergio de Almeida Lenzi. > > polluting directories with hard links to fix programs with hardcoded > pathnames is A Bad Thing, IMHO, and always causes confusion when, > after a few {days|weeks|months} one forgets about the existence of > the link. Especially if there is a different solution using > environment variables or program options more like ln -s /var/mail /usr/compat/bsdi/usr/spool 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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