changeset 8146:a58ae7dfc8bd

(rmail-spool-directory): Use /var/mail if it exists.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Tue, 05 Jul 1994 18:33:10 +0000
parents d94fc60e4195
children 053a450a871a
files lisp/paths.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/paths.el	Tue Jul 05 16:54:01 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/paths.el	Tue Jul 05 18:33:10 1994 +0000
@@ -91,20 +91,13 @@
 (defconst rmail-spool-directory
   (cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
 	 "/usr/spool/mail/")
-	;; SVR4 is said to use /var/mail, and make /usr/mail a link to that;
-	;; but since I'm not sure it's generally true, calling file-exists-p
-	;; prevents lossage if it isn't true. -- rms.
-	((and (string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sysv4" system-configuration)
-	      (file-exists-p "/var/mail"))
-	 "/var/mail/")
-	;; BSD386 is said to use /var/mail.
-	((and (string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-bsd386" system-configuration)
-	      (file-exists-p "/var/mail"))
+	;; SVR4 and recent BSD are said to use this.
+	;; Rather than trying to know precisely which systems use it,
+	;; let's assume this dir is never used for anything else.
+	((file-exists-p "/var/mail")
 	 "/var/mail/")
 	((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
 	 "/usr/mail/")
-	((eq system-type 'netbsd)
-	 "/var/mail/")
 	(t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
   "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
 Its name should end with a slash.")