Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:49:51 +0100
From: j...@kontrol.kode5.net
To: postfix-users@postfix.org
Subject: Re: Duplicate postfix bounces to download
It's a simple case of being able to read. There is a lot documentation
and other information available
In particular if there is 'a lot of
Please see the postfix-install(1) script,
The fact that I need to peek into a script first in order to understand
the underlying mechanisms lets me believe that the documentation is
confusing enough to let anyone believe that install_root behaves like
a PREFIX in autoconf-generated Makefiles.
Suggestion: Leave the scripts as they are, just state in the
documentation that main.cf will not pick up install_root as prefix,
rendering it useless.
Where in the documentation does it say that install_root is in any way
recorded in main.cf?
It is reasonable to expect this. Otherwise,
Trolling will not make you friends here.
I am not here to make friends. I am here to ask a question. And I am
asking because the observed and expected behaviour differ. This should
be an indicator that something needs to change. Either the documentation,
or the behaviour of postfix (or the
Hi all,
Trying to install postfix in a non-standard location (specifically /usr/local/
instead of /), I ran into two quirks, the second one more severe than the
first one:
Firstly, the naming of the config variable names the user is asked when
saying make install is highly confusing: First, it
together, but that refutes
the purpose of TLS, doesn't it?
Thanks.
Regards,
Winston Smith
