Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 17:20:04 -0800 (PST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/23978: NEW PORT: security/amavis-perl Message-ID: <200101010120.f011K4O29845@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/23978; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>,
<FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:
Subject: Re: ports/23978: NEW PORT: security/amavis-perl
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 03:11:31 +0200 (IST)
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Will Andrews wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 03:00:15AM +0200, Roman Shterenzon wrote:
> > > RUN_DEPENDS= ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
> > It doesn't work as expected for some weird reason, so please keep it.
>
> Really? I'll have to check that out.
Yes, really, it only says that it depends on uvscan" when building - it's
the first line in the depends list.
> > Alright, uncomment it then. I guess pkg-message warning isn't enough.
> > I know that some people use it, I tested it, but I'm afraid of the damage
> > it _may_ (or may not) cause in production systems.
>
> Uncomment != remove. It is already uncommented.
No, it's commented. I forgot to remove the comment mark before submitting.
> > As I said, I think it's better to use Makefile.inc which is created by
> > PRE-CONFIGURE argument for pkg-install.
> > Or, I'll need to pass it as an enviromental variable if I do it this way.
> > btw, this is what billf advised, but it's not as simple as it sounds.
> > Ah, keep in mind that RUN_DEPENDS and BUILD_DEPENDS whould be modified as
> > well.
>
> Sure. *_DEPENDS can be modified in the .if conditionals. Screw
> portlint, if it keeps the Makefile sane.
Yeah, that' my point. I know that it can be modified. :)
> > As (if) you've seen, my patches are "dynamic" - e.g. made in the form of a
> > perl script with simple regex, so virtiually any sendmail.cf from any
> > version can be "patched".
> > I'll have to learn exim, qmail and postfix to some degree (I know them
> > already, but it's not enough), so I'll be able to figure out right
> > regexps.
>
> You mean there's nothing in the amavis docs that explain how to do this?
> You don't have to do this job in the port. You can point users at a doc
> (say in ${PREFIX}/share/doc/amavis/howto-${MTA}.html or similar).
> Modifying non-${PREFIX} files is a no-no.
Yes, there's, but I cannot blindly follow what they write. For example,
for sendmail, what they wrote was not true. I had to contact gshapiro to
figure out the "right" way of doing it. It was the F=S btw.
> > I'm pretty sure about it.
> > If it's possible, please commit it this way. I'll do some work about this
> > issue later, and I know that people are waiting to use amavis already.
>
> You got it. I'll review and commit soon.
ok, thanks.
I'm on EFnet #freebsd meanwhile.
--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]
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