> Maybe in relation to
> 
>   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2001/01/03/0003.html

I'd say similar but diffent problem.

> I noticed the following misbehavior of -current systems (1.5Q till
> now, at least i386 and sparc), quite easy to reproduce: Create/take an
> intact mailbox file (e. g. several 'echo skajdkjadajld | mail -s ""
> kilbi' and taking the resulting '/var/mail/kilbi' file), put it on an
> nfs mounted folder (the nfs servers OS doesn't seem to matter) and try
> to modify (especially deleting some mails in the middle) it with
> 'mutt' or 'pine' with a -current nfs client: Afterwards the mailbox
> file is disrupted! :-(

From ktrace and tcpdump output, kernel doesn't issue necessary nfs
write rpc before truncate.

enami.