On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 10:00:46AM -0500, Dave Sill wrote:
> Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Sorry Dave, but having such a beast like the sysv-init-script for qmail on
> >OpenBSD is definetly not the correct approach. Thats against any BSD
> >concept, especially the OpenBSD concept.
> Nonsense. The "qmail" script from LWQ is compatible with the System V
> init script mechanism, but it's also perfectly compatible with BSD and
> generally useful on all UNIX flavors as a qmail control
> interface. Maybe I should rename it qmailctl a la apachectl or
> ctlqmail a la ctlinnd...
No. I'd go with Robin to say that init scripts shouldn't live in
/usr/local/whatever, and your qmail script, perfect for linux and other
sysv-init systems, is not adequate for *BSD. It's totally against the "keep
it simple"-approach.
> >For my taste lwq is a bit too linux-specific. Don't tell people to use
> >sysv-sytle init scripts on non-sysv-init-systems. Thats confusing.
> Granted, I should add a note about adding:
> if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/qmail ]; then
> /usr/local/sbin/qmail start
> fi
> to rc.local for BSD variants,
No, see above.
> but I have no Linux bias.
Thats not what I wanted to tell you. I believe that you don't have a linux
bias, and in fact i'd guess most qmail-installations _are_ on linux. I'd
just separate basic instructions from os specifica as we have done it in
http://www.lifewithdjbdns.org/ and http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ldap/.
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