On July 5, 2024 3:03:58 PM UTC, Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users <postfix-users@postfix.org> wrote: >On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 08:45:49AM -0400, Scott Kitterman via Postfix-users >wrote: > >> > Note, "undo" isn't quite what I'm suggesting, rather I hope Debian will >> > replace the hardcoded preëmpt of the Cyrus SASL configuration directory, >> > by a default value of $cyrus_sasl_config_path, that matches their >> > preferred path. This will then be subject to main.cf overrides as >> > expected. Presently, Debian breaks reasonable Postfix user expectations >> > by preventing that parameter from having its documented effect. >> >> I think that's doable. There are Debian policy limitations (for good reason >> in my view) on what one package (Postfix in this case) can do to another >> (Cyrus >> SASL). I need to look at the user situation a bit more closely. There's >> about a quarter century of inertia behind the current situation (hard to >> believe Postfix has been around that long) and I don't want to accidentally >> break something. > >Nothing needs to be "done" to Cyrus of course, all I'm suggesting is >arranging for the Postfix compiled-in default of "cyrus_sasl_config_path" >to be the preferred Debian "/etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl" (IIRC), >which then takes effect if the user did not specify an alternative >location. > >This could affect some Debian users who unwittingly have some random >explicit setting of "cyrus_sasl_config_path" in main.cf, that presently >has no effect, so they should be duly warned as part of any upgrade. >
Yes, that's clear enough. It's the messing about with users that I need to think through before addressing (John's point, not yours). Scott K _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
