[bug-mailutils] PATCHES - features and fixes

[Damon Harper]

hi there!

just over a year ago, i submitted a bunch of patches for the comsatd
in mailutils-1.0.  a couple were accepted but the majority fell by the
wayside, even though some initial interest was expressed in some of
them.  i've been using my patched version of mu-1.0 since then.

i've just finally updated these patches to apply against
mailutils-1.2.  i'm attaching all the patches; each one contains
explanations and justifications within the patch file.

unlike last time, i've implemented two of the patches by turning some
variables into globals.  i realise this isn't beautiful, in some ways,
but it seems to be the cleanest way to implement what i'm trying to
do.

some of the patches only apply in a certain order.  this order is
known to work:

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-new-escapes-f+o-3.patch
mailutils-1.2-comsatd-exec-without-tty-2.patch
mailutils-1.2-comsatd-reset-atime-1.patch
mailutils-1.2-comsatd-sigchld-fix-1.patch
mailutils-1.2-comsatd-secure-change-user-1.patch

hope some of this helps!

one other thing - in my original patches i included a fix for a bug
reading .biffrc files: if a blank line was encountered, processing
would stop and no further lines after the blank would be run.  in
other words, this works in .biffrc:

  echo line 1
  echo line 2

but if you change it to the following only the first line gets printed:

  echo line 1
  
  echo line 2

my original fix was `sort of' incorporated but was much changed; i see
that this particular bug ended up not being fixed due to the changes.
i just noticed it and haven't fixed it again in the attached patches
but perhaps someone could look into fixing this?  i can also send
another patch if desired.

cheers

-damon

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-new-escapes-f+o-3.patch
Description: Text document

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-exec-without-tty-2.patch
Description: Text document

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-reset-atime-1.patch
Description: Text document

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-sigchld-fix-1.patch
Description: Text document

mailutils-1.2-comsatd-secure-change-user-1.patch
Description: Text document