Fixed the error message in lockit() when it fails to create tmp file.

[nmh] / docs / contrib / build_nmh

diff --git a/docs/contrib/build_nmh b/docs/contrib/build_nmh
index cb2265cb46c308e44b223ead54f598f58f1ead91..499fadea11c4998a5ac2823a825abaf19bf24066 100755 (executable)
--- a/docs/contrib/build_nmh
+++ b/docs/contrib/build_nmh
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ finddir() {
   esac
 }
 
+#### Figure out whether or not to use -n with tail.
+case `printf 'OK\n' | tail -n 1 2>&1` in
+  OK) tail='tail -n ' ;;
+  *)  tail='tail -' ;;
+esac
 
 if install-mh -check >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   # Determine config options from installed nmh.
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ if install-mh -check >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 
   config_prefix=`cd $mhbin/.. && pwd`
 
-  mtsconf=`dirname "$mhbin"`/etc/mts.conf
+  mtsconf=`mhparam etcdir`/mts.conf
   if [ -f "$mtsconf" ]; then
     mts_entry=`grep '^mts:' "$mtsconf"`
     if [ "$mts_entry" ]; then
@@ -152,10 +157,12 @@ if install-mh -check >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 
       case `$mhbin/mhparam tls` in
         *tls*) config_tls=y ;;
-     esac
+      esac
     else
-      echo "$0: -y not supported with currently installed nmh"
-      exit 1
+      tput smso
+      echo "$0: SASL and TLS detection not supported with current nmh"
+      [ $yes -eq 1 ]  &&  echo "will not configure either one in"
+      tput rmso
     fi
   fi
 fi
@@ -216,7 +223,7 @@ config_opts="--prefix=$config_prefix"
 [ "$config_tls" = y ]  &&  \
   config_opts="$config_opts --with-tls"
 [ $config_debug = y ]  &&  \
-  config_opts="$config_opts --enable-debug"
+  config_opts="$config_opts --enable-debug --enable-assert"
 
 
 #### dotlocking, the usual default, requires chgrp and chmod of inc.
@@ -290,7 +297,7 @@ if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
       echo "$tests_summary" >>"$logfile"
       echo '===================' >>"$logfile"
       [ "$check" = distcheck ]  &&  \
-        echo "$checkoutput" | tail -n 4 >>"$logfile"
+        echo "$checkoutput" | ${tail}4 >>"$logfile"
     fi
 
     if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then