From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 2 20:47:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD94F44C65 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2018 20:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538DC77B95 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2018 20:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from point.uchicago.edu (point.uchicago.edu [128.135.52.6]) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B543A718078; Fri, 2 Mar 2018 14:47:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: 'postfix upgrade-configuration' gives false message at end. To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Valeri Galtsev Message-ID: <020c7829-7cea-8807-0bda-2e8839dfefcd@kicp.uchicago.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 14:47:20 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:47:26 -0000 On 03/02/18 14:02, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > While running 'postfix upgrade configuration' I received this message: > > Note: the following files or directories still exist but are > no longer part of Postfix: > > /usr/local/etc/postfix/access /usr/local/etc/postfix/canonical > /usr/local/etc/postfix/generic /usr/local/etc/postfix/header_checks > /usr/local/etc/postfix/relocated /usr/local/etc/postfix/transport > /usr/local/etc/postfix/virtual > > Googling this uncovers that this statement is utterly false and > without any foundation whatsoever. This was confirmed by no less an > authority than Wietse Venema.^1 > > So, who added this notice and for what purpose? Why would one wish to > deliberately mislead people that are no doubt upgrading an existing > smtp mail service. Otherwise they would not be running 'postfix > upgrade-configuration' to begin with. Here would be an answer: root@point:~ # cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix root@point:/usr/ports/mail/postfix # make maintainer ohauer@FreeBSD.org I haven't seen the message myself, if I did and verified it as you did I would e-mail all this to port maintainer above (ohauer@FreeBSD.org). > > I am sure that those of us that are in the midst of an upgrade in > place really do not appreciate the additional stress that this > falsehood engenders. Not top mention the waste of time researching > the implications of this statement. Fully agree. Valeri > > 1. > http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/postfix-upgrade-configuration-td94306.html > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++