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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.6 breaks kmail (nfs related?)
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On Sun, 16 May 2004, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> 
> If kmail really is reporting an ENOSPC, though, then it's hard to see
> how a signal could produce that particular error.

Agreed. But the kmail message is apparently "(No space left on device?)", 
which may be just kmail itself reacting to a truncated write rather than 
any actual ENOSPC error.  A "strace" would help clarify exactly what goes 
wrong..

		Linus