Bug#37368: marked as done (libc6-dev: _PATH_MAILDIR should be "/var/spool/mail")
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Subject: libc6-dev: _PATH_MAILDIR should be "/var/spool/mail"
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From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi>
Date: 09 May 1999 10:03:50 +0300
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Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.1.1-0.1
/usr/include/paths.h defines _PATH_MAILDIR as "/var/mail"
although it should be "/var/spool/mail". This error makes
/usr/bin/from of bsdmainutils_4.5.2 look for mail in the wrong
file.
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux PC486 2.2.7 #1 su touko 2 12:35:52 EEST 1999 i486 unknown
Versions of the packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.1-0.1 GNU C Library: shared libraries
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From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@stekt.oulu.fi>
Date: 02 May 2000 10:06:41 +0300
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> /usr/include/paths.h defines _PATH_MAILDIR as "/var/mail"
> although it should be "/var/spool/mail". This error makes
> /usr/bin/from of bsdmainutils_4.5.2 look for mail in the wrong
> file.
/var/mail is now valid again, so I close my bug report.
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