Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:17:54 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org>, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: =?US-ASCII?Q?Re=3A_git=3A_b7104f19147f_-_main_-_sendmail=3A_doc?= =?US-ASCII?Q?ument_that_sendmail=5Fenable_can_be_set_to_NONE?= Message-ID: <7EE0DEE9-D72E-4F5E-9B71-A3FF1C62756D@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20221108191406.c7er3d6koulh5vom@ubertino.local> References: <0BC32C72-6996-49BB-AF50-CB3044D79687.ref@yahoo.com> <0BC32C72-6996-49BB-AF50-CB3044D79687@yahoo.com> <20221108191406.c7er3d6koulh5vom@ubertino.local>
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Le 8 novembre 2022 20:14:07 GMT+01:00, Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org> a écrit : >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 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> > 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="" # Set this kbdcontrol > > mode for all virtual screens >>> > > mta_start_script="/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="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO). >>> > > +sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon > > (YES/NO). >>> > >>> > The comment on the above line should probably be updated: > inexperienced >>> > users may not know that there is a difference between "NO" and > "NONE". >>> > >>> > > sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file >>> > > sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name >>> > > sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a > > server) >>> >>> You are not the first to report that, I have updated rc.conf a to add "the NONE" value. >> >> Also, from the commit: >> >> QUOTE >> -sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO). >> +sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE). >> END QUOTE >> >> My guess is Matteo was after something more like the following text from your commit notes: >> >> QUOTE >> setting sendmail_enable to NONE (which is now the default) turns all the sendmail_*_enable variables to NO >> END QUOTE >> >> In other words, documenting what is different about NONE vs. NO beyond the spelling distinction. > >Indeed the issue that I intended to raise was that, AFAIK, there is no documentation, for NONE, except if one reads and understands /etc/rc.d/sendmail. It is something that is known by people "in the know", and probably mentioned by a some online tutorials, but I don't 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 not mention NONE, but explicitly sets the four variables to NO. > >(Side note: it seems that when this change will be integrated in some -STABLE branch, or when 14 becomes -STABLE, a large update to the relevant sections of the Handbook will be needed) > >Thanks, >Matteo It is documented as deprecated in rc.sendmail(8) Besr regards, Bapthelp
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