Re: [gentoo-dev] Mailwrapper changes: mailer-config
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Vinsander wrote: > Tom Martin wrote: > >>It's going to work like this: >> >>New revisions of all mailwrapper-enabled packages in Portage (ssmtp, >>exim, postfix, sendmail, msmtp, etc.) will include support for the new >>system. Each package will install a file into /etc/mail/, called >>package-name.mailer. Then, mailer-config is used to switch between >>profiles in a similar way to gcc-config, motif-config et al. > > > This is starting to look a lot like /etc/alternatives a la debian, what > was the reason for not using that solution from the start (for all > packages that might have alternatives)? > Wouldn't that be a more generic solution? (Have to admit I haven't > looked at debian /etc/alternatives more than over a co-workers shoulder, > but it seemed appealing) http://developer.berlios.de/projects/eclectic/ Already in the works. slarti knows of this, but wanted to get it implemented now rather than waiting for eclectic to be added to portage. Btw, ciaranm, what's the ETA on that? - -- Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it. Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ BSD | cron | forensics | shell-tools | commonbox | netmon | vim | web-apps ] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCbO/rC3poscuANHARAgLvAJ46r4S08EqhlztXRVUjK95jBXGTjACfQpl/ NyVEhIYsrFtntPVCL3OnPEY= =ACdT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Mailwrapper changes: mailer-config
Tom Martin wrote: > > It's going to work like this: > > New revisions of all mailwrapper-enabled packages in Portage (ssmtp, > exim, postfix, sendmail, msmtp, etc.) will include support for the new > system. Each package will install a file into /etc/mail/, called > package-name.mailer. Then, mailer-config is used to switch between > profiles in a similar way to gcc-config, motif-config et al. This is starting to look a lot like /etc/alternatives a la debian, what was the reason for not using that solution from the start (for all packages that might have alternatives)? Wouldn't that be a more generic solution? (Have to admit I haven't looked at debian /etc/alternatives more than over a co-workers shoulder, but it seemed appealing) /Andreas -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-dev] Mailwrapper changes: mailer-config
Hi, Fernando and me have been working on a system for mailwrapper that doesn't involve mangled config file with too many comments and etc-update hell. We're just about to get the thing into Portage and start the transition, so this is a final mail to let people know what's going on. It's going to work like this: New revisions of all mailwrapper-enabled packages in Portage (ssmtp, exim, postfix, sendmail, msmtp, etc.) will include support for the new system. Each package will install a file into /etc/mail/, called package-name.mailer. Then, mailer-config is used to switch between profiles in a similar way to gcc-config, motif-config et al. We also have a companion eclass, mailer.eclass, to go along with the changes. This should make things a lot easier for people but if anyone has any concerns, we'd like to hear them. Thanks, Tom and Fernando -- Tom Martin, http://dev.gentoo.org/~slarti AMD64, net-mail, shell-tools, recruiters, vim Gentoo Linux pgpYemnND50xJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
