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Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail

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On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 02:53:10PM +0200, Jesper Dybdal wrote:
> I use s-nail as my mailx command (selected using the Debian "alternatives"
> mechanism).
> 
> Since I upgraded from Bullseye to Bookworm, s-nail now shows a bunch of
> error messages in connection with viewing messages.  Here is a sample:
> > s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: x-scheme-handler/mailto: ignored
> > unknown string/command: u = \\${u//\\\\\\"/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"}
> > s-nail: $MAILCAPS: /etc/mailcap: text/english: ignored unknown
> > string/command: then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor =
> > --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"

I don't have lines like this in mine.  Then again, I don't have emacs
installed.

The question (one of the questions) is what's putting them there, and I
would guess one of the emacs packages is doing it.

> I have no particular wish to learn about /etc/mailcap.  The only way I've
> found to avoid this is to remove the /etc/mailcap file entirely.

I would think deleting any lines containing "emacs" would be slightly
less invasive.  Obviously, make a backup copy of the file first.

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Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-06 15:10 +0200
  Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-06 15:30 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-06 16:10 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 16:30 +0200
      Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 17:10 +0200
      Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jd-debian-user@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-07 18:30 +0200
          Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-15 18:00 +0200
            Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-05-16 09:50 +0200
              Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-17 13:00 +0200
                Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-05-20 11:50 +0200
            Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Jesper Dybdal <jesper@dybdal.dk> - 2024-05-17 22:50 +0200
  Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-05-06 17:00 +0200
    Re: Bookworm's /etc/mailcap seems to break s-nail Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-05-06 17:10 +0200

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