Re: Intent To Split: netbase
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> John> Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
> >> Please also note that other daemons conflict with each other well, e.g.,
> >> inn & cnews, sendmail & postfix.
>
> John> I am aware of that, and it's a shame, there is no real reason that
> John> they cannot coexist.
>
> No real reason? Only one package can listen in on port 25, and
There is no real reason that all must listen on port 25.
> only one package may be linked to /usr/lib/sendmail. Now the latter
Obviously. That doesn't mean that there still can't be multiple
servers on a machine.
> may be handled by using diversions/alternatives, but I fail to see
> how the former can be handled. (similar arguments for NNTP servers)
>
> Seems like there are *real* reasons. There may be partial work
> arounds, but the conflict does seem reasonable.
These aren't real reasons at all. There is nothing to prevent a mail
server from working on a different port.
>
> manoj
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