Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:12:21 +, Wol wrote: > >> Postfix afaik just has one humungous config file, so when your > >> distro updates the config, all your local changes are trashed :-( > >> > >> I don't want to faff about with special copies, backups, origs etc. > >> Everything should "just

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 9:42 AM Wol wrote: > On 27/11/2022 13:21, John Blinka wrote: > > Systemd stores its *distro*supplied* config files in /usr. > > It stores its user-supplied config files in /etc. > > So when your distro updates systemd, it doesn't go anywhere near your > local changes. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On 27/11/2022 15:49, Mike Civil wrote: On 27/11/2022 14:50, Wol wrote: Postfix afaik just has one humungous config file, so when your distro updates the config, all your local changes are trashed :-( I don't want to faff about with special copies, backups, origs etc. Everything should "just

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On 27/11/2022 14:50, Wol wrote: Postfix afaik just has one humungous config file, so when your distro updates the config, all your local changes are trashed :-( I don't want to faff about with special copies, backups, origs etc. Everything should "just work (tm)". Except that portage

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On 27/11/2022 13:21, John Blinka wrote: I’m not a systemd user, so I don’t know precisely what systemd does. But my /etc/postfix/main.cf is a soft link to “main.cf.works”, which was an unoriginal name for an experimental config file that worked (as opposed to a series of trial

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 5:36 AM Wols Lists wrote: > I've just had emerge telling me it wants to trash my postfix config :-) > > I'm not sure whether my setup is actually using it, I use dovecot to > deliver my mail, but is there any way I can stop random updates trying > to trash my local