Ben Rosengart writes: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 11:59:49PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 11:51:01PM -0400, Ben Rosengart wrote: >> >> > We don't build the userdb on the same host where we use it. >> >> You have a site-specific custom configuration. > > The destination directory can currently be set at compile time. > I am proposing making this configurable at run-time too. What is > the down-side? Who could possibly be harmed by making the software > slightly more flexible?
It reminds me of a quote I've heard a long time ago, regarding the federal budget appropriations process in Washington, DC: "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you'll be talking real money." >> > We could use the symlink trick, but what happens when we want to >> > have a couple of different courier-imap installations with different >> > userdbs? >> >> Create different symlinks. > > Can you explain exactly how this would work? > > Remember: the goal here is to be able to generate distinct userdbs > from distinct source files on the same host. Since you have different installs, just use different options to the configure script, for each install. > >> Existing facilities already handle the situation adequately. > > How? Unless I misunderstand the directory mechanism, neither of the > methods you've suggested is adequate. I do not really remember your particular details. -- Sam ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
