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| author | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-08-02 17:28:30 +0000 |
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| committer | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-08-02 17:28:30 +0000 |
| commit | 094154737f5b434d5f1ad50bcd09d6c37ba1e38f (patch) | |
| tree | a271cecb66dabc86476250e56a3118a62ab021ab /mail/qmail-run | |
| parent | 58c763f8c3c86eb8d4b67c069179cf149e314b1a (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-094154737f5b434d5f1ad50bcd09d6c37ba1e38f.tar.gz | |
Clarify the "README.pkgsrc" document a bit, and refer to it in MESSAGE.
Diffstat (limited to 'mail/qmail-run')
| -rw-r--r-- | mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc | 26 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE b/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE index e100a17ed06..a7fc5f3eaca 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE +++ b/mail/qmail-run/MESSAGE @@ -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 --git a/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc b/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc index 04813eeba90..e62937ad7db 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc +++ b/mail/qmail-run/files/README.pkgsrc @@ -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>). +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> + +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 @@ to qmail List Bliss" before posting to the list: 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 @@ LWQ suggests doing some things that the qmail package doesn't do: * 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}. |