Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:59:53 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Postfix Message-ID: <19990315005953.E25217@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <19990315071155.A4587@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 07:11:55AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903141721370.321-100000@gold.amis.net> <19990315001039.A1477@keltia.freenix.fr> <19990314232317.A25217@futuresouth.com> <19990315071155.A4587@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 07:11:55AM +0100, a little birdie told me that Ollivier Robert remarked > According to Matthew D. Fuller: > > I rather like having it in /usr/local/sbin for a number of reasons, not > > the least of which is so it doesn't get blown away on future > > installworlds. > > That one is easy. If you install Postfix to replace Sendmail, just define > "NO_SENDMAIL= true" in /etc/make.conf. That doesn't work, because I do buildworlds and installworlds all over the place across NFS from one build machine. Trying to keep track of that would be a minor nightmare; it'd be easier to edit src/usr.sbin/Makefile before each system (ugh ugh ugh). Same problem faced with some other things (including newer versions of sendmail which, for some godforsaken reason, install under /usr/sbin etc). Local packages belong under /usr/local. If it's not in the base OS, it's a local package. Yes, it's an iffy case then if you should use /usr/local/etc or /etc for config files... you can make some interesting arguments both ways. But at the very least make it honor PREFIX so those of us who are trying to keep systems sane can stick it under /usr/local, preferably by default. Now, if we make Postfix the default in contrib/ and nuke sendmail, go for it! ;-) *ducks and runs* --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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