Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 14:14:07 -0500 From: Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: b7104f19147f - main - sendmail: document that sendmail_enable can be set to NONE Message-ID: <20221108191406.c7er3d6koulh5vom@ubertino.local> In-Reply-To: <0BC32C72-6996-49BB-AF50-CB3044D79687@yahoo.com> References: <0BC32C72-6996-49BB-AF50-CB3044D79687.ref@yahoo.com> <0BC32C72-6996-49BB-AF50-CB3044D79687@yahoo.com>
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--yq6nz5rhn3bpuw2z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2022-11-08 at 12:11 EST, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: >Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_freebsd.org> wrote on Date: Tue, 08 Nov=20 >2022 13:41:29 UTC : > >> On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 08:07:46AM -0500, Matteo Riondato wrote: >> > On 2022-11-07 at 06:50 EST, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>=20 >> > wrote: >> > > diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf >> > > index a71a3fa4063d..91b99780eae6 100644 >> > > --- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf >> > > +++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf >> > > @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ allscreens_kbdflags=3D"" # Set this kbdcontrol= =20 >> > > mode for all virtual screens >> > > mta_start_script=3D"/etc/rc.sendmail" >> > > # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc. >> > > # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail and /etc/rc.d/sendmail: >> > > -sendmail_enable=3D"NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO). >> > > +sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon=20 >> > > (YES/NO). >> > >> > The comment on the above line should probably be updated:=20 >> > inexperienced >> > users may not know that there is a difference between "NO" and=20 >> > "NONE". >> > >> > > sendmail_pidfile=3D"/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file >> > > sendmail_procname=3D"/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name >> > > sendmail_flags=3D"-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a=20 >> > > server) >> >> You are not the first to report that, I have updated rc.conf a to add=20 >> "the NONE" value. > >Also, from the commit: > >QUOTE >-sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO). >+sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon=20 >(YES/NO/NONE). >END QUOTE > >My guess is Matteo was after something more like the following text=20 >from your commit notes: > >QUOTE >setting sendmail_enable to NONE (which is now the default) turns all=20 >the sendmail_*_enable variables to NO >END QUOTE > >In other words, documenting what is different about NONE vs. NO=20 >beyond the spelling distinction. Indeed the issue that I intended to raise was that, AFAIK, there is no=20 documentation, for NONE, except if one reads and understands=20 /etc/rc.d/sendmail. It is something that is known by people "in the=20 know", and probably mentioned by a some online tutorials, but I don't=20 think there is anything "official". Even the handbook, in the section about changing MTA (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/mail/#mail-changingmta) does=20 not mention NONE, but explicitly sets the four variables to NO. (Side note: it seems that when this change will be integrated in some=20 -STABLE branch, or when 14 becomes -STABLE, a large update to the=20 relevant sections of the Handbook will be needed) Thanks, Matteo --yq6nz5rhn3bpuw2z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJHBAABCgAxFiEEa9uKZL0hP4E8Nl5vGwL9SVQlVQEFAmNqqn4TGGhrcHM6Ly9w Z3AubWl0LmVkdQAKCRAbAv1JVCVVAb7HD/9oVeWnT4ISOrNw8EETgc3f4yS/mSXj SHA0nXOcTXF5k+GeiFvSVSEEqfzjg2gBdloYLgueljdYhr1oSyQ8SV3hKyG9CVwF uirxf02i2lKNaAELbA94KhSdy2RraF1hoULyEPAT7Diswq2mdCjLSVoUltNPBhg3 qLlHHmbJE9EhWcJ9+65L9f9qEw6BQi9xbB67kwvjHgXnY5dC543yjT5QoNdjy2cE PMxgbXZr1L3gNgNRC8kaGGawtWtXKItJ1i2zx1i8+IL29fauOWgy4Mmewoy7urm/ 6m3Q6xxQPFPCaHVjRmCe6USt/axlyq+HOkNqS6MFjM5UTEiyIvFo+3kCHr+eZA7I MuMM4vbWApcVqFcPgJGkGzuuJ1Im0re8Gle0HlqK94WelLS5z4oll+dncv+5gDqn 2uOEPtRLnB+cgR9z8SmyhUROfbBfXjMKBaalB8AhN2vBRCauDGb7FToQYMHDa4cb 9yr+MUo+vrHcQ5dEeSRTQKssSz/XJrDI5Tn0nf5+5YYrC9US2o7f/dPT5Xe+FK4T MklT6qT19Dtz+Skj2P7GFjt/2PGpx/FlB4p+1G+BxWn78zGazZRhu/b6HqBDKFX3 KCdu6fPTDBeXnKaXs5Y5THyN/zmxUNO3Y3m49yXek/e+03ljJ/Mb3+KBodVbB6nK mGlngwNgZte27w== =r4A1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yq6nz5rhn3bpuw2z--
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