Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh over sshfs?

[rader]

 >  > > I'm hoping to run (exmh over) nmh over sshfs, but it doesn't work
 >  > > because 1) sshfs doesn't implement link()...
 >  > >   
 >  > 
 >  > When I ran Evolution a few years ago and told it about my MH message
 >  > tree, it went through the tree and broke all of my message links. 
 >  > Because I like the ability to have a message appear in all of the
 >  > folders where it might belong, I haven't used Evolution since.  (I also
 >  > filed a bug report, but I haven't checked whether anyone was able to fix
 >  > it -- or did.)
 >  > 
 >  > Still, for compatibility with non-*nix filesystems, would it makes sense
 >  > for nmh to have a "no-links" configuration option?  I haven't looked at
 >  > the code to see how possible that might be... just an idea.
 > 
 > Interesting idea.  A one line hack made scan and show work over sshfs,
 > so I might do the work.
 > 
 > Is there a regres/test suite/document for nmh???

FWIW: I just "audited" the link() calls w/ grep.  With my previous
patch, "CFLAGS=-DHAVE_LSTAT=0" and "|| linkerr == ENOSYS" added to
line 182 of folder_addmsg.c, I now have a nmh build that (essentially)
never calls link().  (There are still calls to link() in send.c and
whatnowsbr.c, but they are used by dist which I don't use.)

Running it over sshfs is of course a bit slower than just using ssh,
but it allows me to run exmh (over broadband) faster.

off to convince sendmail to relay via SMTP-AUTH over port 587...
steve
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