From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Apr 25 14:57:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from leviathan.inethouston.net (leviathan.inethouston.net [66.64.12.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E0037B416; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by leviathan.inethouston.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B96AF319C8C; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:57:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:57:41 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." To: Jens Rehsack Cc: dwcjr@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: samba-2.2.3a - configuration options interactive script Message-ID: <20020425215741.GA95577@leviathan.inethouston.net> Reply-To: "David W. Chapman Jr." Mail-Followup-To: Jens Rehsack , dwcjr@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org References: <3CC871DC.4EAC9AA@liwing.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CC871DC.4EAC9AA@liwing.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:15:08PM +0200, Jens Rehsack wrote: > Hi David, > > some weeks ago we talked 'bout creating a dialog-configuration script for > the samba port. Now I'm ready to go to install some new samba server machines, > so I can write those scripts. > But (because I'm new in making sth. for the world :-)) I need some assistance > when making decisions. So may I ask you some questions, and you (or everyone > who feels appointed) answers them, if possible. > > 1) Should the configuration modify the port name, like cvsup / cvsup-without-gui? > I think it's possible to create a new port directory automatically for each possible > configuration, so a potential "portupgrade" is able to use the complete config-set > without waiting for the user... I like the way postfix works in this aspect, but that's probably due to the fact that I maintained it for a while(even though I didn't write the menu system). > 2) If !1: > Should the script provide an option like "Do not delete configuration wished on 'make clean'"? > Same reason like 1: I don't like sit at the side of servers I upgrade ... > I hate the PHP4-port for this! I'm not sure I follow this but I'll see what the php4 port does. > 3) Should the script check (checkable) misconfigurations, or is the admin every time > smart enough? what kind of misconfigurations would it detect? What I've been told in the past is to let the admin shoot themselves in the foot if they wish but this attitude may have changed. -- David W. Chapman Jr. dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message