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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/mail/qmail-run Clarify the "README.pkgsrc" document a ...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/d7867635fbf7
branches: trunk
changeset: 478969:d7867635fbf7
user: schmonz <schmonz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date: Mon Aug 02 17:28:30 2004 +0000
description:
Clarify the "README.pkgsrc" document a bit, and refer to it in MESSAGE.
diffstat:
mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE | 6 ++++--
mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diffs (69 lines):
diff -r 79f937f11a6d -r d7867635fbf7 mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE
--- a/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE Mon Aug 02 17:28:10 2004 +0000
+++ b/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE Mon Aug 02 17:28:30 2004 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
===========================================================================
-$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1.1.1 2004/08/02 03:59:21 schmonz Exp $
+$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.2 2004/08/02 17:28:30 schmonz Exp $
-To enable qmail for
+Please read ${PREFIX}/share/doc/qmail-run/README.pkgsrc.
+
+To enable qmail for...
Local and outgoing deliveries:
- Check the configuration files in ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}.
diff -r 79f937f11a6d -r d7867635fbf7 mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc
--- a/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc Mon Aug 02 17:28:10 2004 +0000
+++ b/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc Mon Aug 02 17:28:30 2004 +0000
@@ -3,20 +3,22 @@
You've installed an automated and customized qmail-run package. If
you're having trouble getting the qmail daemons to run, ask the
-package's maintainer (<schmonz-nbqmail%schmonz.com@localhost>).
+package's maintainer:
-While qmail includes installation instructions, many members of
-the qmail list instead recommend following Dave Sill's "Life with
-qmail" document:
+<URL:mailto:schmonz-nbqmail%schmonz.com@localhost>
+
+Many members of the qmail mailing list recommend following the
+install instructions in Dave Sill's "Life with qmail" document:
<URL:http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html>
-The qmail package you've installed follows LWQ in many aspects,
-but consciously deviates from it in others. Therefore, if you need
-to ask for help on the qmail list, please mention that you use the
-pkgsrc qmail-run package. If you can first reproduce your problem
-on a manual LWQ-style installation, your request for help is likely
-to be better received.
+A "Life with qmail" installation is done by hand, so any qmail
+package necessarily deviates from LWQ in at least this respect.
+Therefore, if you need to ask for help on the qmail list, please
+mention that you're using the qmail-run package from pkgsrc.
+
+If you can first reproduce your problem on a manual LWQ-style
+installation, your request for help is likely to be better received.
It is highly recommended that you read Charles Cazabon's "12 Steps
to qmail List Bliss" before posting to the list:
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
Deviations from LWQ
===================
-LWQ suggests doing some things that the qmail package doesn't do:
+LWQ suggests doing some things that the qmail-run package doesn't do:
* Copying a script from /var/qmail/boot to /var/qmail/rc.
* Configuring svscan(8) to run at boot.
* Creating and/or populating /service.
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@
* Storing tcp.smtp{,cdb} in /etc.
* Renaming the system sendmail(8) and marking it non-executable.
-Instead, to behave more like a typical pkgsrc package, the package:
+Instead, the qmail-run package:
* Provides NetBSD-style rc.d scripts, including one very similar to qmailctl.
* Sends log messages to syslog(3) by default.
* Stores tcp.smtp{,cdb} and tcp.pop3{,cdb} in ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}.
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