While I do not object to the addition of the new users for
sendmail, and I understand the theory of having them own directories for
its operation, I think that the current bootstrapping problems are
creating too greate a barrier for users who upgrade from source. There are
(at least) two
DougB My proposal is simple. Change from using names to numeric [ug]id's
DougB in mtree, and elsewhere if needed. The plus is that it solves the
DougB bootstrapping problem. The negatives involve problems with systems
DougB that don't merge the password and group files, and therefore will
DougB
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Doug Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: 2. Users who don't read (or don't understand) UPDATING. This is basically,
: everybody.
Actually, UPDATING was changed last night to be more explicit about
what to do. Let's give that a chance. I don't like the
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Gregory Neil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: .if !defined(NO_SENDMAIL)
: mtree -deU -f ${.CURDIR}/mtree/sendmail.root.dist -p ${DESTDIR}/
: .endif
Wow! I hadn't read this before making my suggestion. Honest :-)
I like his solution.
Warner
