Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:11:27 -0700 From: snowcrash+freebsd <schneecrash+freebsd@gmail.com> To: "Jeffrey Goldberg" <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exim PORT -- when to use? when to 'go manual'? Message-ID: <70f41ba20706040911m2444520cmc5b29083d6c7d76c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BF8C7C64-9F69-4EFD-B918-9ED87AAEA129@goldmark.org> References: <70f41ba20706040801t786d6409pf8687ac3f31c43ee@mail.gmail.com> <BF8C7C64-9F69-4EFD-B918-9ED87AAEA129@goldmark.org>
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hi, > > now, I want to "upgrade" exim on that router to add 'just' > > DNSBL-filtering on the router, and have it function as a transparent > > gateway to another lan-based, exim router. > > Does that "upgrade" involve a different version of the exim tarball > than the one used in ports, bad choice of words on my part :-/ nope. i simply mean, here, same version as ports, just "turning on" the capability(ies) as i normally do in from-src builds in Local/Makefile. thos config params are, in the port, in ITS 'Makefile' ... hence, config changes would be changing the included port files. iiuc. > or is the change that you need somewhere else? just in Makefile -- used for the COMPILE phase -- and local RUNTIME config options like ip-per-domain specification, etc etc > > do folks recommend still using the PORT install? > > It depends. heh. yup. > Make your own patch of the port and keep that some place that won't > be over written by portsnap or whatever you use to keep your ports > tree up to date. > > Then have a script that patches your port tree after you do such an > update. hm. now that you mention it, i suppose that the PORT /may/ be setup to look for upgrade-proof config files in (non?)standard locations. i'll dig-about and look ... i admit, as great (!) as PORTS are, i'm just not yet used to NOT 'doing it all' myself. > Of course you should submit your patch to the port to the port > maintainer. good point. thanks!
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