#969279 mutt - could not create tempory files

Package:
mutt
Source:
mutt
Description:
text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
Submitter:
"Hans-J. Ullrich"
Date:
2026-06-24 02:15:01 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#969279#5
Date:
2020-08-30 17:04:50 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

latest mutt in debiena testing hangs with the message "could not create temporary files" when I want to delete messages (Shift + d, and then .*, then quit mutt).

This issue happened already in 2015.

Would be nice, if you could have a look at it. Thank you very much!

Best

Hans
#969279#10
Date:
2021-05-06 16:36:24 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainers,

this issue exists still (or again?) in the latest version of debian-amd64/
testing. In debian-i386/testing mutt is working fine.

Best regards

Hans
#969279#15
Date:
2021-08-31 09:09:30 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I can confirm this issue now for almost half a year, maybe longer.
However, this issue appears only on amd64, on i386 it seems to work well.

Best regards

Hans
#969279#20
Date:
2021-12-14 22:00:20 UTC
From:
To:
Sorry, I can't duplicate this problem.  You'll need to provide more
details, and steps to reliably reproduce.

What is $tmpdir set to?  Does this only happen when you tag-delete *all*
messages and quit, or are there other circumstances?  Does this happen
just for your $spoolfile, or does it also happen for mailboxes in your
home directory?  What about maildir vs mbox files?