On 29/07/2023 14:54, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
Again, it shouldn't be able to do that. Please check CONFIG_PROTECT
using: portageq envvar CONFIG_PROTECT
It should, normally, contain /etc, set by profiles/base/make.defaults.
And here is the root of the mis-understanding between us. And also why
Dovecot does it right, and Postfix does it wrong.
WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO USE DISPATCH-CONF? (Or in my case, etc-update.)
The point is I don't (have to) care whether dovecot.conf is updated or
not. I never change it from the distro defaults, so it never offers me
etc-update, and it never does any damage.
But I DO have to care about postfix/main.cf. This makes the fundamental
blunder of mixing distro defaults and local config in the SAME FILE. So
yes it does offer me etc-update. But if I MISS THAT, I've just trashed
my local config and have to rebuild it.
At the end of the day, if you can't keep distro and local config
separate, that's a fault of the upstream application. etc-update and
dispatch-conf are gentoo's way of working round the breakage. IFF you
use dovecot/local.conf, it's a sign of good design by the upstream
application, and etc-update or dispatch-conf are completely UNNECESSARY.
Cheers,
Wol
