Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 04:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@uol.com.br> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/22269: qmail installation should also modify /etc/make.conf Message-ID: <200010251150.EAA39117@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@uol.com.br>
To: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
Cc: Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/22269: qmail installation should also modify /etc/make.conf
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:58:21 -0200
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 04:19:45PM -0700, Chris Faulhaber wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:14:23AM +1100, Gavin Cameron wrote:
> > Where is mailwrapper on a 3.x box?
> >
> > A build world on a 3.x box will destroy your qmail.
> >
>
> 1) According to the PR, you are discussing 4.1.1-STABLE.
> 2) For 3.x, perhaps a message suggesting the addition to make.conf
> might be appropriate, but I don't necessarily agree with doing
> that automatically.
I am with Faulhaber on this, I do not philosophicaly agree
with doing it automatically but I do agree with Cameron that it is
an important issue.
Is a sensitive warning acceptable? And, if it is, is it enough?
---
diff -ruN /usr/ports/mail/qmail/Makefile mail/qmail/Makefile
--- /usr/ports/mail/qmail/Makefile Mon Oct 9 02:43:31 2000
+++ mail/qmail/Makefile Wed Oct 25 08:52:36 2000
@@ -213,11 +213,20 @@
${ECHO_MSG} "===> or, do \¨make force_enable_qmail\¨ if you are sure" ; \
${ECHO_MSG} "===> you want this port replacing some binaries" ; \
${ECHO_MSG} "===> IF THIS FEELS UNEASY, read ${PREFIX}/${DOCDIR}/REMOVE.sendmail and do it manually" ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> One side issue is that if you do replace them," ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> you really should consider ADDING \"NO_SENDMAIL=true\"" ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> to your /etc/make.conf if you do \"make world\"." ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> Otherwise, \"make world\" will \"fix\" your sendmail" ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> installation breaking your qmail one." ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> Read the FreeBSD Handbook section on \"make world\"" ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> if you do not know what I am talking about." ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> Check http://www.freebsd.org/ for the most" ; \
+ ${ECHO_MSG} "===> updated copy of the Handbook." ; \
fi
- @${ECHO} "===> Do not forget to choose an appropriate qmail startup"
- @${ECHO} "===> script. Go through ${PREFIX}/boot, choose one"
- @${ECHO} "===> and copy the chosen script as ${PREFIX}/rc"
- @${ECHO} "===> For example, \¨cp ${PREFIX}/boot/proc+df ${PREFIX}/rc\¨"
+ @${ECHO_MSG} "===> Do not forget to choose an appropriate qmail startup"
+ @${ECHO_MSG} "===> script. Go through ${PREFIX}/boot, choose one"
+ @${ECHO_MSG} "===> and copy the chosen script as ${PREFIX}/rc"
+ @${ECHO_MSG} "===> For example, \¨cp ${PREFIX}/boot/proc+df ${PREFIX}/rc\¨"
# taken from mail/postfix idea
force-enable-qmail: install disable-sendmail
---
A target to do that the little voodoo along the lines
of disable-sendmail may be appropriate too.
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