Bug#2033: efax installation problems
Hi, this comes belated as I was away for Xmas...
Carl Streeter writes:
Carl>
>> No! It is a conffile because /usr/bin/fax, a bash script, was the only
>> place to set your local fax settings as serial port, modem capabilities,
>> INIT strings, phone number, prinyer what have you.
Carl> If this is still the case, then /usr/bin/fax should be a symlink
Carl> into /etc, and the script should reside there. /usr should be
Carl> considered read-only...
It is no longer the case. I proposed to the upstream author the sourcing of
/etc/efax.rc which he gladly accepted. It will be part of the next upstream
release.
The Debian releases since revsion 2 already contain it. Being a lousy script
programmer, I introduced (and then fixed) some bugs during the conversion
from the original to the current state.
For your perusal, here's my Debian.ChangeLog:
Sun Dec 17 16:34:41 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
* efax-07a-4 release
* debian.rules: include missing debian.preinst (bug#2041) and
really create the directories in /var/spool/fax
* debian.postinst: quoted strings (bug#2041)
Sat Dec 16 14:26:19 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
* efax-07a-3 release
* efax.rc: (no real change) FAXINDIR, FAXOUTDIR, FAXLOGDIR use
/var/spool/* and not /usr/spool/* as this looks better (bug#2033)
* debian.rules: creates directories recvq, sendq and log in
/var/spool/fax with mode 2775 and group dialout (bug#2033)
* debian.postinst, debian.control: suggests "/etc/efax.rc" for
local changes instead of /usr/bin/fax (bug#2033)
* debian.postinst, debian.preinst: save existing fax script and
deal with it; /usr/bin/fax is no longer a conffile (bug#2033)
Mon Dec 11 20:27:42 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
* efax-07a-2 release
* efax.c: version string reflects Debian upon author's request
* efax.c and fax patched with qfax patches from ftp.renaissoft.com
This version of efax can now be used with the qfax program suite
that adds an e-mail-to-fax gateway to efax, a phonebook database
system, automated cover page generation, and fax spooling for
delayed transmission of faxes.
* fax: now sources /etc/efax.rc and/or ~/.efaxrc, manpage updated
* debian.postinst: warn if no user in group dialout
* debian.control: ELF release, depends on libc5
Tue Sep 26 13:50:50 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
* efax-07a-1 release
* debian.control: Changes Depends: gs to Suggests: gs and reworded
the description to explain that only ascii text can be faxed
without ghostscript
Thu Sep 7 23:05:53 1995 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
* efax-07a-0: Initial Debian release, added package maintenance
files, edited Makefile and /usr/bin/fax slightly to Debian standards
--
Dirk Eddelb|ttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
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