Re: qmail-src (was RFC: New source packaging format)
On Oct 27, Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> wrote:
>> Please apply the DENYMAIL patch,
>Initially, I won't be doing that, since I think that Dan is much more likely
>to approve an un-tweaked binary package.
He will never approve a binary package anyway because we use dot locking.
>I will do the denymail patch as either an option in the postinstall, or as a
>package qmail-src-denymail that depends on qmail-src.
I think you should put most important patches and then ask the admin about
what should be compiled in. You should also provide a way to installa the
binaries on the local machine without generating the .deb package.
>> and /var/qmail/{alias,control,users} as /etc/qmail/...
>The way it's set up at present /var/qmail/control is renamed to /etc/qmail,
>and /var/qmail/{alias,users} are left where they are.
The way it's set up at present is wrong, alias and users contains both
configuration files.
>What about alias? This is a non-login user's home directory, so where should
>it go ?
This is a directory full of configuration files!
>Whatever happens, I'll create symbolic links in /var/qmail to make it look
>like a normal qmail setup, so as not to confuse existing qmail users.
This is good.
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ciao,
Marco
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