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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2002 6:38 pm    Post subject: 'mail' can't find /usr/libexec/lockspool Reply with quote

'mail' can't find /usr/libexec/lockspool
Also, /usr/share/misc/mail.help is missing.

Code:
simon@dev simon $ mail
Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/simon": 3 messages 3 new
>N  1 root@dev.symdata.  Mon Dec  9 15:51   16/590   test
 N  2 root@dev.symdata.  Mon Dec  9 15:51   16/574   test
 N  3 MAILER-DAEMON@dev  Mon Dec 10 18:09   66/2288  Returned mail: see transcr
& ?
/usr/share/misc/mail.help: No such file or directory
Fatal error in process.
& d1
& d2
& d3
& q
/bin/bash: /usr/libexec/lockspool: No such file or directory
simon@dev simon $
simon@dev simon $ mail
Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/simon": 3 messages 3 new
>N  1 root@dev.symdata.  Mon Dec  9 15:51   16/590   test
 N  2 root@dev.symdata.  Mon Dec  9 15:51   16/574   test
 N  3 MAILER-DAEMON@dev  Mon Dec 10 18:09   66/2288  Returned mail: see transcr
&


Hmm... I can't delete my email or get help. Anyone got any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 6:01 pm    Post subject: Same Problem Reply with quote

Just installed net-mail/mailx on 1.4_rc1_r2 and read my mail. When I exited I got this:

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/bin/bash: /usr/libexec/lockspool: No such file or directory
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 1:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just had this problem and I fixed it by downgrading to mailx-8.1.1.11
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 23, 2002 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks... :) - Perhaps the latest version should be masked?

However, now I get:
Code:
mail: Cannot create lockfile /var/mail/simon.lock: Error creating temporary lockfile

The permissions on my mail directory are:
Code:
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     mail         4096 Dec 12 13:13 mail

Is it safe to change the permissions here? Should I need to?

Could this have something to do with my unmerging sendmail end emerging qmail?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

same problem here..
how can i downmerge to that version?

[EDITED]

Ok I unmerge to old version and now it works I suppose that mailx 8.12 should be masked..

The procedure (just if any other noob reads it)

emerge -C mailx
(delete mailx)

emerge /usr/portage/net-mail/mailx/mailx-8.1.1.11.ebulid
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Four months later still this bug!! I install mailx now in a new machine and the same error!!

Any dev here?
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Thx
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