Re: Unnecessary "Conflicts" with imap-server packages
>>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
Hamish> These problems should be solved by discussion and
Hamish> generation of a policy. IMHO it would be better to have a
Hamish> consistent approach that didn't solve every problem (or
Hamish> had some other flaw) than to have each individual
Hamish> developer generate their own scheme.
I agree.
Would it be feasible to have something like "update-alternatives", but
instead of managing files in the file system, it allocates port
numbers?
That way every service that listens on port, for example 143, will be
registered, but only one will be "active" at one time.
When a service is activated, then this means installing the inetd line
if it is an inetd based daemon or activating an /etc/init.d/* script
(by renaming the appropriate links) and starting it.
When a service is deactivated, the reverse happens.
Or perhaps a running some configurable script for each
activation/deactivation might be better, that way a package could
request deactivation mean "remove listen config option on this
port". Might be useful for packages like apache which can (and
sometimes do) listen on other ports.
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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