# if it is a SGML install from scratch, you need a /var/spool/mail dir,
# and a /var/spool/mail/root file...
if [[ ! -d $INSTALL_ROOT/var/spool/mail ]]; then
  if query "${INSTALL_ROOT}/var/spool/mail directory missing... do you want to create one ?" n
  then
    mkdir -p ${INSTALL_ROOT}/var/spool/mail
  fi
fi &&

if [[ ! -e $INSTALL_ROOT/var/spool/mail/root ]] && [[ -d $INSTALL_ROOT/var/spool/mail ]]; then
  if query "${INSTALL_ROOT}/var/spool/mail/root mailbox is missing... do you want to create one ?" n
  then
    touch ${INSTALL_ROOT}/var/spool/mail/root &&
    chmod 660 ${INSTALL_ROOT}/var/spool/mail/root
  fi
fi &&

persistent_remove REAL_PATCHES &&
persistent_remove TMP_NEOMUTT_OPTS
