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.
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 11:22:22 +1100, Winston Smith wrote:
[ rant snipped ]
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
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:22:22AM +1100, Winston Smith wrote:
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
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,
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:13:34PM +1100, Winston Smith wrote:
Are these the Programming Middle Ages???
Trolling will not make you friends here.
Configuring Postfix to live in a non-default location is done at
compile-time not install-time. At install-time one gets to either install
Postfix
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
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 01:46:11 +1100, Winston Smith wrote:
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
Winston Smith:
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:
Please see the INSTALL document (or INSTALL.html)
Wietse
