Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/13016: Wrong sendmail.cf file used by mergemaster Message-ID: <199908101540.IAA95321@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/13016; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/13016: Wrong sendmail.cf file used by mergemaster
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:37:46 -0700
"Scot W. Hetzel" wrote:
> I agree that this problem has nothing to do with the way mergemaster is
> designed to show how your installation differs from a default installation.
Ok, then next time don't mention it at all. It's not part of the base
system, so it doesn't belong in a PR.
> Instead it has to do with the way in which etc/sendmail/Makefile creates
> the sendmail.cf file in the ${DESTDIR}/etc directory. This PR probably
> should have been called "Fix to sendmail.cf generation problem".
But there is no problem. You want to use a custom sendmail.cf file, go
right ahead. That doesn't make the way the system works currently a
"problem." It makes it inconvenient for you, an inconvenience that is
easily dealt with.
> Your suggestion in PR 12664, does not solve this problem.
>
> 1. Delete sendmail.cf generation from etc/Makefile after updating sources
> and before using mergemaster.
>
> This will need to be done each time the sources are updated,
What I do for stuff like this is to 'cp Makefile makefile' then run a
script before I do a make world which checks the cvs id's for all the
makefiles I've customized to see if they have been updated. They hardly
ever need to be.
> 2. After mergemaster makes the comparison between sendmail.cf files, just
> delete /var/tmp/tmproot/etc/sendmail.cf when asked.
>
> Before you are able to delete the sendmail.cf file from within mergemaster,
> you need to go through several screens of sendmail.cf comparisons before you
> are able to delete the sendmail.cf file in mergemaster. This comparison is
> also useless when the system is using a custom sendmail.cf file.
Oh please. Learn how to use your PAGER. On more and less all you have to
do is hit q.
Personally I have no objections to the patches you are suggesting,
providing that they actually work, do what you want them to do, etc.
However I think that you're going way around the point with your arguments.
My grandfather would say that you are using a five dollar solution for a
twenty cent problem. I would tend to agree with him.
Good luck,
Doug
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