First of all, is the mbnames files still needed by mutt? Or could this finally be removed?
Second, the mbnames.py has not been touched since 2003, but looking at it, we certainly only ever open the file for writing when we write out all the names in one go and close() the file immediately. So the only case this could happen if a different thread crashes while we are writing out things. I believe you are seeing the behavior you are seeing, but I can't explain where it could come from. What we will be able to do, is to protect other threads from aborting without properly closing down things. Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org