Re: cvs edit: cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied

[Larry Jones]

Frank Thrum writes:
> 
> Thus the command line in the virgin file 'notify' has wrong syntax. %s
> means the recipient, and should be given as the last argument.
> Insted of
>     ALL /usr/ucb/mail %s -s "CVS notification"
> it should read like
>     ALL /usr/ucb/mail  -s "CVS notification" %s

Some versions of mail are pickier than others -- the original command
line *does* work correctly in some enviroments.  The second form works
in many more environments, though.  It's already been changed in the
current development version of CVS.

-Larry Jones

Let's pretend I already feel terrible about it, and that you
don't need to rub it in any more. -- Calvin