From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jun 22 19:40: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 579BD37B523 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:40:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA13617; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006230240.TAA13617@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ben Smithurst Subject: Re: ports/19449: The qmail port has /usr/local hardwired into it, and doesn't cerate /etc/mail/mailer.conf Reply-To: Ben Smithurst Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/19449; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ben Smithurst To: mwm@mired.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/19449: The qmail port has /usr/local hardwired into it, and doesn't cerate /etc/mail/mailer.conf Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:25:37 +0100 --H7BIH7T1fRJ3RGOi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable mwm@mired.org wrote: > + @# Replace /etc/mail/mailer.conf with one that uses qmail > + @$(ECHO) Replacing /etc/mail/mailer.conf with a qmail version.=20 > + @$(ECHO) The old one is /etc/mail/mailer.conf-orig > + @-mv /etc/mail/mailer.conf /etc/mail/mailer.conf-orig > + @$(ECHO) "sendmail $(PREFIX)/bin/sendmail" > /etc/mail/mailer.conf > + @$(ECHO) "send-mail $(PREFIX)/bin/sendmail" >> /etc/mail/mailer.conf > + @$(ECHO) "mailq $(PREFIX)/bin/qmail-qread" >> /etc/mail/mailer.conf No. Please. Do this under a 'make replace' target like postfix does, I don't think ports should be touching /etc without good reason (this isn't one). Print a message out as part of 'make install' telling the user what to do, again like postfix does. --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D --H7BIH7T1fRJ3RGOi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: cO3A+Ha5fFuSJXloJkzkY6CuALM/qcCn iQCVAwUBOVK8kCsPVtiZOS99AQHb+QP9Hn/tKlSS2Bfgrcj/pCDVqVG72U4+QxK5 VBluYqSBxWV5XhOs21B8CUCY+VpZuar7LiX3DpR8aJoAlBHRhA9XzR6oZElsVUCx 1MaNS6u8zXY547lCrs+xWA1In7HxRqswmNhbdvA+grggzp11V0v89k/YcB0QRv8N 1wlJG7voP3s= =RxFO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H7BIH7T1fRJ3RGOi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message