From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 21:24:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9D2EB51 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from luigi.brtsvcs.net (luigi.brtsvcs.net [IPv6:2607:fc50:1000:1f00::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4EF8863 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from chombo.houseloki.net (unknown [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:21c:c0ff:fe7f:96ee]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by luigi.brtsvcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 417942D4F9B; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:24:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:baca:3aff:fe83:bd29] (ivy.libssl.so [IPv6:2601:7:2580:674:baca:3aff:fe83:bd29]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by chombo.houseloki.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C8D01B3B; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:23:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5480D0E7.60103@bluerosetech.com> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:23:51 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Benfell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switching from ports to pkg -- mailman group mismatch References: <20141204045849.GA4247@home.parts-unknown.org> <5480846B.9090908@bluerosetech.com> <20141204164259.GA45875@home.parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <20141204164259.GA45875@home.parts-unknown.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:24:02 -0000 On 12/4/2014 8:42 AM, David Benfell wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 07:57:31AM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: >> On 12/3/2014 8:58 PM, David Benfell wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm having to give up on ports. Way too many are broken. >>> >>> So now I'm trying to fix mailman and it's stupid group mismatch error. >>> >>> Nothing I'm finding on the web is offering a fix that actually works. >>> How do I fix it? >> >> Did you look at the Mailman FAQ? http://goo.gl/MlPNkO >> >> The pkg is compiled with the default values shown in the port's Makefile. > > I found a problem when, in desperation, I recompiled the port. > > There, it says that the pkg assumes sendmail: I use postfix. That likely means mailman assumes there's a sendmail program it can use for mail injection. Does it "just work" if you tell postfix to activate itself in mailer.conf? > Second, I now find myself in a situation where some software must be > installed with pkg and some must be installed from ports. If it's just > mailman, that's one thing. If it becomes a bunch of packages, I have a > real mess on my hands. It's fine to mix them. I have a handful of ports on everyt system I have to compile myself--mostly because I want them linked to the ports OpenSSL, but there are some that need non-default values. I just keep them locked so a pkg-upgrade doesn't touch them. If you end up with a lot of compiled ports, set up poudrerie. > I've seen the advice about sticking with default choices in > configuring port installations. If you can have any choices you like > as long as they're the defaults, then what, really, is the point of > having ports? Where did you see this advice? About all that happens is pkg will report "options changed" and want to reinstall it from the package. Pkg-lock is your friend.