[issue7759] mhlib fails on Btrfs filesystem (test_mhlib failure)

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> > The documentation mentions that mhlib is deprecated and mailbox
> > should be used instead. Is there any point in trying to fix it?
> 
> It looks like Btrfs will eventually conform to traditional st_nlink
> behavior. However, that still leaves HFS+.

That wasn't really my question. What I ask is: since mhlib is
deprecated, why do we need to fix it while people are encouraged to use
mailbox instead?
And, besides, does mailbox show the same problem?

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