Re: pkg/44068: Mailman's build process uses uid/gid of 'daemon' instead of 'mailman' and breaks package

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The following reply was made to PR pkg/44068; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: andras%freeshell.de@localhost
To: Filip Hajny <filip%joyent.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/44068: Mailman's build process uses uid/gid of 'daemon'
 instead of 'mailman' and breaks package
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:54:32 +0100

 On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:58:51AM +0100, Filip Hajny wrote:
 > [...]
 > I think this article sums it up:
 > 
 > http://www.seaglass.com/postfix/mailman-gid.html
 > [...]
 > 
 > I think it needs to be cleared up that the zest of this PR has nothing to do
 > with what user/group Mailman runs as (MAILMAN_USER, MAILMAN_GROUP), but what
 > group Mailman expects its binaries executed under by the MTA (i.e.
 > MAILMAN_MAILGROUP). And this option is largely dependent on the particular
 > MTA-Mailman scenario.
 > 
 > -F
 
 I am totally with you, that the build process is highly system dependent. One
 last question: is it possible to 'automagically' let configure set the correct
 GID/UID of mailman depending on the system configuration? Because that's what
 pkgsrc is all about, right?
 
 Cheers,
 Andras