Re: Bug#23000: no way to force deliver over procmail
Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> 1. Herbert Xu claims the default configuration is unsuitable for his
> use. I think this is a non-bug; if a user wants to mess around with
> the configuration in ways like this they should not be surprised if
> things break.
I disagree. Please remember that in bo procmail is not the default MDA for
sendmail (or anything else for that matter). Thus it was perfectly reasonable
for me to turn off the setuid bit on it. BTW, procmail does use suidmanager
so this is preserved across upgrades.
If you call this messing around, then I think this isn't Unix anymore.
> 2. Herbert claims to have _lost_ mail as a result of this. I think
> this is a serious complaint. How come the mail was lost rather than
> bounced ?
I never claimed that. Please don't put words into my mouth. The missing
mails *probably* bounced, but I have no way of knowing that for sure.
> If 2. turns out to be a real problem then the bug is definitely of
> `severity: grave', but it should still not hold up the release, mainly
> because sendmail isn't our default MTA.
I don't really care if it goes into hamm anymore, but I'd insist on it being
fixed for slink at least.
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