Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:52:05 +0100 From: Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org> To: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org, Craig Boston <craig@meoqu.gank.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Expect buildworld instability (sendmail 8.12.2 MFC) Message-ID: <20020325235205.A78568@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <15519.42443.783285.129952@horsey.gshapiro.net>; from gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 02:33:47PM -0800 References: <15519.37768.192688.770945@horsey.gshapiro.net> <3C9F9C81.10203@meoqu.gank.org> <15519.41048.709126.956805@horsey.gshapiro.net> <20020325231720.B75467@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <15519.41563.608637.748981@horsey.gshapiro.net> <20020325232633.D75467@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <15519.42443.783285.129952@horsey.gshapiro.net>
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Le 2002-03-25, Gregory Neil Shapiro écrivait :
> Yes, the naming is unfortunate. But I wonder if it's been around too long
> to change now.
What is unfortunate is not the name of the variable per se, but the fact
that with the introduction of 8.12, the name has become out of synch
with the functionality.
There could be a number of solutions:
1. renaming sendmail_enable to sendmail_inbound_enable,
and deprecate the use of sendmail_enable altogether;
2. renaming sendmail_enable to sendmail_inbound_enable,
and changing the meaning of sendmail_enable=NO to
'do not launch any Sendmail process'.
1. requires you to update uyour config if you are using
sendmail_enable=YES. Probably impacts a significant fraction
of the user base.
2. requires you to update your configuration only if you are using
sendmail_enable=NO *but* need Sendmail to send mail out anyway.
I guess it should impact far less users than 1.
Not changing anything requires anyone not using Sendmail as his
MTA to learn about Sendmail 8.12 internals in order to disable it
completely.
Thomas.
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