[fetchmail-users] Re: [fetchmail]fetchmail 6.3.0 contained incompatible idfile change

[Dembe <da...@de...>]

Matthias Andree wrote:

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>Beginning with release 6.3.0, fetchmail needs not only need write access
>to the idfile ($HOME/.fetchids), but also to the directory holding this
>file. fetchmail 6.2.X and older versions got away if just the idfile had
>write permission.
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We hadn't spotted this and so presumably our .fetchids file hasn't been 
updated. However, we've also not had any errors in the logs saying that 
fetchmail couldn't update the .fetchids file (our system is stable so we 
don't run fetchmail with any -v 's). However, shouldn't this perhaps be 
put forward as a change for a next version so that fetchmail doesn't 
have access to the .fetchids file a warning error is logged (even 
without the debug options being enabled)?

Thanks, David