[bug-mailutils] forget about trying to set columns=...

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

Mention that trying to set

'columns'

Type: Numeric.
Default: Detected at startup by querying the terminal device. If
this fails, the value of environment variable 'COLUMNS' is used.

This variable contains the number of columns on terminal screen.

is useless, it is always overridden by at least $COLUMNS.

e.g., in
$ COLUMNS=1111 mail -E set\ columns=188 -H
here 188 is ignored, 1111 is respected.

mail (GNU Mailutils) 2.99.98

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Post by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
'columns'

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Post by 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
is always overridden by at least $COLUMNS.

Fixed by commit 17930dd7. Thanks for reporting.

Regards,
Sergey