On 23/12/10, 02:12:10, Ben Walton <[email protected]> wrote regarding 
[csw-maintainers] CSWX packages:

> About a year ago, we discussed replacing SUNW package functionality
> with our own, possibly using CSWX as a prefix.  I seem to recall that
> we thought placing these packages in a separate catalog was the way to
> go.  As I'm now working on the exim package, I'd like look at actually
> doing this to get away from the request script and potential sendmail
> binary replacement dance it does.

This won't work with zones.


> I see the MTA packages and things like cups using this to replace
> system functionality...is there enough merit outside of these few
> packages to actually spend time on this?

I don't have a problem leaving /usr/lib/sendmail in situ and system
programs like /usr/bin/mail work via sendmail when exim is the MTA.

It's better to fix programs that assume system paths rather than
alter the system paths.



James. 



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