Subject: Re: Use of BINOWN?= or BINGRP?= in Makefiles.inc?
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/12/2000 22:02:08
Bernd Ernesti wrote:

> [ adding BINGRP to Makefile.inc]
>
> > This shouldn't make things any worse.  From the original patch, is the
> > "BINGRP?=" needed?
> 
> Yes, because the BINGRP= in gnu/usr.sbin/postfix/Makefile.inc overwrites
> the BINGRP=maildrop in gnu/usr.sbin/postfix/postdrop/Makefile :(

What I meant was that only the ownership of the file matters - the group
doesn't seem to matter (postfix-script only checks for root ownership),
so neither BINGRP?= or BINGRP= is required.

Simon.