Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:39:41 -0500 (EST) From: Wietse Venema <wietse@porcupine.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Wietse Venema <wietse@porcupine.org> Subject: Re: "postfix-current" broken on amd64 platform Message-ID: <3Skk8Y0rVxzk2RT@spike.porcupine.org> In-Reply-To: <4EC48951.2070908@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton:
> On 11/16/2011 05:03, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > I tend to believe that network-less build environments are not
> > representative for the environment where an Internet MTA would run,
> > but hey, what do I know.
>
> I think you're right that having a network makes the MTA more useful. :)
> However given the prevalence and popularity of pre-packaged software in
> the Unix world it's probably worth thinking about what parts of the
> build/configuration process need to be done at build time, and what
> parts should be done at run time.
>
> Not only do I work on the FreeBSD project generally, I also maintain a
> package building system that we use at $JOB to install packages on the
> various remote hosts. Having those packages do the right thing even if
> the package builder and the remote systems don't have identical
> configurations is a huge advantage.
Yup, hence my request for the immensely helpful information about
your build environment. Obviously, yours differs from mine; addressing
this in a responsible manner requires that I can reproduce conditions
that are currently unspecified ("no network" is too vague).
Wietse
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