Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 10:05:37 +0200 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-ports@dino.sk> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail/courier build failures on newer FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <20140526100537.3a602adf@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <CACdU%2Bf8K9DoXf5CAkg3jpXh7gtiKkva_wxnqLUUZTc7vmX-RHA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140525213854.0d952d1d@zeta.dino.sk> <20140525201008.GQ2341@home.opsec.eu> <20140525222726.47261ae9@zeta.dino.sk> <20140525204314.GR2341@home.opsec.eu> <20140525225151.227ea602@zeta.dino.sk> <20140525211955.GT2341@home.opsec.eu> <53829913.1050400@gmx.de> <20140526070435.1b82a448@zeta.dino.sk> <CACdU%2Bf8K9DoXf5CAkg3jpXh7gtiKkva_wxnqLUUZTc7vmX-RHA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 26 May 2014 02:45:45 -0500 Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Milan Obuch > <freebsd-ports@dino.sk> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 May 2014 03:29:55 +0200 > > Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote: [ snip ] > > OK, I already began work on staging, this was just a small side step > > fixing another issue, in my eyes easily acceptable, but when it > > needs now be done in other order, fine. > > > >> Milan, if you could share some of the troubles you're encountering, > >> people may be able to help you. > >> > > > > Well, I did 'make check-plist', here is part of its output: > > > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/%%MAILOWN%%d > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/esmtpd > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/esmtpd-msa > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/esmtpd-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/imapd > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/imapd-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/ldapaddressbook > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/%%CACHEOWN%%3d > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/%%CACHEOWN%%3d-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/sqwebmaild > > Error: Orphaned: %%ETCDIR%%/%%MAILOWN%%/webmlmrc > > > > It does not take much time to revert, for me, at least in this case, > > unnecessary substitution, some times a bit comic, to > > > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/courierd > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/esmtpd > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/esmtpd-msa > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/esmtpd-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/imapd > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/imapd-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/ldapaddressbook > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/pop3d > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/pop3d-ssl > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/sqwebmaild > > Error: Orphaned: etc/courier/webmlmrc > > > I looked at the ports Makefile, but didn't see how these files are > installed. Are they being installed by the Courier's source > Makefile's? If they are, you just need to stop it from creating them, > as they will be created when pkg installs the port. > They are comming from pkg-plist, see below... > > All these files are configuration files and all are handled this > > way: > > > > @unexec cmp -s %D/etc/courier/courierd %D/etc/courier/courierd.dist > > && rm -f %D/etc/courier/courierd 2>/dev/null || true > > etc/courier/courierd.dist > > @exec [ -f %D/etc/courier/courierd.dist ] && > > %%LOCALBASE%%/share/sysconftool/sysconftool > > %D/etc/courier/courierd.dist > > > > which does create them if they do not exist copying <file>.dist as > > template on install and if they are still the same on unistall, they > > are deleted. This way user configuration does not get lost across > > upgrades, and sysconftool merges new configuration items when they > > are introduced. > > > > This behavior is broken when I add these files into pkg-plist, they > > are simply deleted on uninstall and user-made changes in > > configuration is lost. How should this issue be solved? I think > > there should be a method to tell 'this file should be specially > > handled, ignore it, it is not an orphan' for make check-plist... > > > > The new way to specify sample configuration files is to use the > @sample keyword in the pkg-plist: > > @sample etc/courier/courierd.sample > @sample etc/courier/esmtpd.sample > @sample etc/courier/esmtpd-msa.sample > @sample etc/courier/esmtpd-ssl.sample > @sample etc/courier/imapd.sample > @sample etc/courier/imapd-ssl.sample > @sample etc/courier/ldapaddressbook.sample > @sample etc/courier/pop3d.sample > @sample etc/courier/pop3d-ssl.sample > @sample etc/courier/sqwebmaild.sample > @sample etc/courier/webmlmrc.sample > > Note: you would have to change the port to install the files with a > .sample suffix, instead of a .dist suffix. > Where can I find this docummented? I read in some mailing list post about @sample, found this in Porter's handbook, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist-config.html but I would like to see what it actually does... I will try, but nevertheless, better description would be thanked for... Milan
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