Re: Patch: enable offlineimap to get password from /etc/netrc

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Pryor wrote:
>> I would be happy to apply this, if you would be willing to add a
>> corresponding patch to offlineimap.conf documenting the new
>> functionality, especially since this is a nonstandard behavior.
>>
>> Actually, perhaps what we need is a configuration directive stating what
>> netrc file to use?
> 
> That would give more flexibility, but it would be idiosyncratic
> behavior. The pattern of "use ~/.CONFIG if it's available, else use
> /etc/CONFIG if it's available, else used compiled-in defaults" is much
> more familiar and widespread.

OK.  Applied and pushed both.  I'm OK with your approach; the reason I
had suggested that was that netrc(5) doesn't document a file in /etc on
my machine.

-- John