Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-29 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/28/2014 3:01 PM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: Yes, it’s (postfinger) a separate package. Yeah, and unavailable in gentoo repo... :(

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-29 Thread Eray Aslan
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 08:13:38AM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 9/28/2014 3:01 PM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: Yes, it’s (postfinger) a separate package. Yeah, and unavailable in gentoo repo... :( It is a shell script. You can just download and run it on your system. -- Eray

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-29 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/29/2014 9:02 AM, Eray Aslan er...@a21an.org wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 08:13:38AM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 9/28/2014 3:01 PM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: Yes, it’s (postfinger) a separate package. Yeah, and unavailable in gentoo repo... :( It is a shell script. You can

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-29 Thread Peter
On 09/28/2014 04:07 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Would an updated postfinger command help? Would it be asking too much for a simple -v (or -V) flag to be added to postconf, and if possible, the postfix binary, and other binaries included with postfix that would output something like the following:

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-28 Thread LuKreme
On 27 Sep 2014, at 09:19 , Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: On 9/27/2014 11:07 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: Would an updated postfinger command help? Wietse Well... if it could provide the output I described, then

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-28 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/28/2014 10:57 AM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: On 27 Sep 2014, at 09:19 , Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: On 9/27/2014 11:07 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: Would an updated postfinger command help? Wietse

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-28 Thread LuKreme
On 28 Sep 2014, at 09:53 , Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: On 9/28/2014 10:57 AM, LuKreme krem...@kreme.com wrote: On 27 Sep 2014, at 09:19 , Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: On 9/27/2014 11:07 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread phil
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/09/14 12:07, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 03:50:24AM +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: . In order to figure out the version of a program it is common to make the binary print it to stdout if it is invoked with the

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Charles Marcus
I asked a long time ago if the postfix version could be added to the postconf -n output (like dovecot does), but was told it wasn't possible for some technical reason I didn't understand... On 9/26/2014 9:42 PM, Karl-Philipp krich...@posteo.de wrote: Hi together, In order to figure out the

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date, and so on. Wietse Charles Marcus: I asked a long time ago if the postfix version could be added to the postconf -n output (like

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread btb
On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date, and so on. this reminds me - some time long ago, i happened to notice

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
b...@bitrate.net: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date, and so on. this reminds me - some time long

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
li...@rhsoft.net: Am 27.09.2014 um 16:32 schrieb Wietse Venema: b...@bitrate.net: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:24:13AM -0400, b...@bitrate.net wrote: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date,

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread li...@rhsoft.net
Am 27.09.2014 um 16:42 schrieb Wietse Venema: li...@rhsoft.net: Am 27.09.2014 um 16:32 schrieb Wietse Venema: b...@bitrate.net: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
li...@rhsoft.net: i suppose the question was why it is part of postconf -n output while it is not mentioned in main.cf and so should only appear in postconf -d [root@mail-gw:~]$ cat main.cf | grep config_directory [root@mail-gw:~]$ postconf -n | grep config_directory config_directory

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/27/2014 7:48 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date, and so on. Thanks Wietse... Please

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Charles Marcus: On 9/27/2014 7:48 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the version, release date, and so on.

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread btb
On Sep 27, 2014, at 10.42, Viktor Dukhovni postfix-us...@dukhovni.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:24:13AM -0400, b...@bitrate.net wrote: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/27/2014 11:07 AM, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: Would an updated postfinger command help? Wietse Well... if it could provide the output I described, then certainly. The suggestion for a new command was just to illustrate I was saying it

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:42:27AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: [root@mail-gw:~]$ postconf -n | grep config_directory config_directory = /etc/postfix You're welcome to fix that. I'm now working on other things, supporting per-milter and per-policy service settings. There's a subtlety

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread btb
On Sep 27, 2014, at 10.32, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: b...@bitrate.net: On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Use postconf -d, not postconf -n. -n is for settings in the configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include the

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread btb
On Sep 27, 2014, at 11.20, Viktor Dukhovni postfix-us...@dukhovni.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:42:27AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: [root@mail-gw:~]$ postconf -n | grep config_directory config_directory = /etc/postfix You're welcome to fix that. I'm now working on other things,

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 11:41:08AM -0400, b...@bitrate.net wrote: you read my mind. thanks for this detail. If nevertheless it is desirable to have postconf -n suppress any external value of config_directory for the primary instance, then the patch below may do the job. It is not clear that

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 11:41:08AM -0400, b...@bitrate.net wrote: you read my mind. thanks for this detail. If nevertheless it is desirable to have postconf -n suppress any external value of config_directory for the primary instance, then the patch below may do the job.

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:23:12PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: +if ((config_dir = safe_getenv(CONF_ENV_PATH)) != 0 +strcmp(config_dir, DEF_CONFIG_DIR) != 0) { I prefer not to lie in software. Thus, config_dir will show up in postconf -n output when there is any override,

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:23:12PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: +if ((config_dir = safe_getenv(CONF_ENV_PATH)) != 0 + strcmp(config_dir, DEF_CONFIG_DIR) != 0) { I prefer not to lie in software. Thus, config_dir will show up in postconf -n output when there is

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:51:37PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: In other respects, is the rest of the patch sound (correct and useful)? I am not advocating that the patch be adopted, just using postconf does not suppress parameters based on string comparison. Instead, suppression is based

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:51:37PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: In other respects, is the rest of the patch sound (correct and useful)? I am not advocating that the patch be adopted, just using postconf does not suppress parameters based on string comparison.

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-27 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 03:14:11PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: Viktor Dukhovni: On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:51:37PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: In other respects, is the rest of the patch sound (correct and useful)? I am not advocating that the patch be adopted, just using

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-26 Thread Benny Pedersen
On September 27, 2014 3:42:50 AM Karl-Philipp krich...@posteo.de wrote: . In order to figure out the version of a program it is common to make the binary print it to stdout if it is invoked with the `--version` option. The `postfix` binary should provide it as well. Stop postfix, see syslog,

Re: Add --version option to postfix

2014-09-26 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 03:50:24AM +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: . In order to figure out the version of a program it is common to make the binary print it to stdout if it is invoked with the `--version` option. The `postfix` binary should provide it as well. Sorry, Postfix does not support