Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME

[David Levine]

az wrote:

> minor data point: after following the discussion here, i've decided
> that for now _the debian packages_ of nmh should not distinguish
> between unset $HOME and set-but-empty $HOME, and that either should cause a
> fallback to getpw*.

Then I think that we should do the same in 1.8 for all platforms.

Thoughts on applying that patch (plus a test and documentation update)
to create a 1.8RC3 this weekend?

David