mailboxes.db vs ctl_mboxlist -d

[Ken Murchison]

Probably no good reason.  I would gladly accept a patch to fix this, if 
the undump code can be rewritten to accept either dump format.


David Carter wrote:
> 
> Is there a reason why "ctl_mboxlist -d" generates output of the form?:
> 
>   user.dpc99\t0 default\tdpc99\tlrswipcda\t
>                        ^^
>                        tab here
> 
> The actual values in mailboxes.db are stored as:
> 
>     Key: user.dpc99
>   Value: 0 default dpc99\tlrswipcda\t
>                   ^
>                   space here
> 
> Consequently "cyr_dbtool /var/imap/mailboxes.db set < file" expects 
> input lines of the form:
> 
>  user.dpc99\t0 default dpc99\tlrswipcda\t
>                       ^
>                       space here
> 
> I just spent a rather puzzled half hour playing with cyr_dbtool, 
> wondering why utilities were started to segfault and abort() in amusing 
> ways.
> 
> Entirely my own fault, but it does demonstrate the danger of using tabs 
> and spaces inconsistently. I think that cyr_dbtool is correct and 
> ctl_mboxlist is in the wrong here.
> 


-- 
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University