Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote: > > Given that non-sendmail users will be inconvenienced when upgrading due to > the 8.12 changes (need to change sendmail_enable from "NO" to "NONE"), I > thought it might be better to give them something back for their trouble. > > As an alternative to sendmail_enable=NONE, why not solve the boot time > problem for non-sendmail users completely. The patch moves all of the > sendmail startup code from /etc/rc to /etc/rc.sendmail. The source for > that script will be kept in src/etc/sendmail/rc.sendmail so make.conf's > NO_SENDMAIL will prevent it from being installed. A new rc.conf variable, > mta_start_script specifies the script to run to start the user's > preferred MTA. For backward compatibility, it will default to > /etc/rc.sendmail. The specified script is called out of /etc/rc after > checking to make sure it exists. > > I've also taken the opportunity to use /etc/rc.sendmail in > /etc/mail/Makefile to reduce code duplication. A new rc.sendmail.8 man > page has also been added which now houses the sendmail_* variable > descriptions formerly in rc.conf.5. > > In a somewhat unrelated note, I also plan on arranging to move the > sendmail-specific stuff out of src/etc/mail/ and into src/etc/sendmail so > the installation of things like sample sendmail maps, etc. don't clutter a > NO_SENDMAIL installation. I'll need to arrange this event with the CVS > repomeisters. Hopefully, this change (along with the patch) will make > things more palatable for non-sendmail users. > > The patch is against -CURRENT but should give -STABLE users a good idea of my > intentions. It is available at: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~gshapiro/mta-start > > Opinions? >
Brilliant! I suppose you just threw this together :) One small quibble. If I want to set mta_start_script="" and run rc.sendmail(.sh) from /usr/local/etc/rc.d shouldn't "stop" kill both queues? You'd need to add a stop-mtaq obviously. A global restart might be nice too. [If this is mindless drivel, just ignore:- need sleep.] -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
