Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:46:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>, Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za>, utisoft@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <20091027234600.A93064@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <87d448wamy.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910270916.31033.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20091027021723.M88213@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910270216q14421922w4acf62103322c16a@mail.gmail.com> <20091027142502.Q91143@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <b79ecaef0910271341y1aea61a6pd7bcd6c96855da64@mail.gmail.com> <20091027191626.T92033@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <57d710000910271741p7429d4feh150ecbe6cddd3d2e@mail.gmail.com> <20091027202430.X92294@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <87d448wamy.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:38 -0500 (CDT), Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote: >> Evidently by making it necessary to learn yet another scripting >> language to configure it. Other than personal profit I cannot see why >> people are clinging like grim death to something this fubar. Really, >> let's go past this one more time: >> >> "Sure, sendmail.cf is hard to work with so the solution is you learn m4!" >> >> Did you look at the link he offered? How helpful is that? >> >> Beside which, m4 is a PORT. So if sendmail is not configurable >> without a port, why isn't it a port? > > Can we go back to our regular hacking, please? m4 is not a port: > > $ which m4 > /usr/bin/m4 Evidently my package database is corrupt in some way, because it shows m4 as an installed port. I wonder how that happened, how to fix it, and if it will bite if I leave it alone. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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