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getmail service documentation error?

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Package: guix;

Reported by: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: bug#37804: closed (Re: getmail service documentation error?)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:03:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#37804: getmail service documentation error?

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 37804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 37804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:02:31 +0200

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> The change and patch looks reasonable to me.


Pushed.  Thank you!


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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:05:29 +0200

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The documentation of the getmail service’s delete_after setting is
confusing and appears to contradict upstream documentation at
<http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html>.

I am not sure, but the code in the getmail file in the getmail source
code also appears to call destination.deliver_message before deleting,
in agreement with upstream.

Can someone with knowledge check?  Shall I push the attached patch?

Regards,
Florian

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