Vincent Danen wrote:
>
> Is there a reason why there are no RPMs for Qmail? I was reading on the
> site and it looks like they prefer pure source distribution, and no binary
> distribution, but I didn't see it forbidden. Is there no way that Qmail
> can be distributed in binary RPM format, ie. in contribs or something?
> Just curious... I'm going to be playing with it here and was hoping for
> something a little easier or "Mandrake optimized".
There are RPM packages available for most of the Qmail tools. Check
www.qmail.org for links to them.
The reason for no _shipping_ binaries is because of the restrictive
distribution terms used by DJB. He wants to maintain control of the
source and installation of it. He's extremely proud of the security
scenario he's created for Qmail and wants to ensure that distributed
packages stick to that security.
Even without binary packages, it's only about a 15 minute job to setup
Qmail on a system. Add 1 minute if you need to do user or host
masquerading.
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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