On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:25:50 -0700
Philip Prindeville <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking at /usr/bin/mimedefang.pl on my Fedora 15 system, and
> seeing:
[awfulness]
The whole $Features{...} hack is horrible. But anyway, we're stuck
with it for now.
> for example, and thinking that this might have been better done as:
> $Features{'Virus:CLAMD'} = ( -f '/usr/sbin/clamd' );
Well... really? What about:
$Features{'Virus:CLAMD'} = (-f '/usr/sbin/clamd' || -f '/usr/local/sbin/clamd'
|| -f '/opt/SUNWoracle/sbin/clamd);
The point of the ./configure script is to search all those weird and wonderful
paths at build time.
> This way, if I install mimedefang first,
> configure/customize it, then later on install clamav, then I don't
> need to come back and reinstall, modify, or otherwise reconfigure
> mimedefang to leverage it.
I don't like the idea of MIMEDefang suddenly leveraging other packages
just by virtue of their being installed. Instead, I recommend ignoring
the whole compile-time $Features{...} mess and putting explicit
$Features{...} assignments in your filter so you know exactly what you're
getting.
Regards,
David.
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