> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org > [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Victor Duchovni > Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2009 9:04 AM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Postfix-2.6.0 RPM > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:07:39PM -0600, Just E. Mail wrote: > > > I noticed that Postfix V#2.6.0 is now out. Does anybody > know where to > > get RPM files? GOOGLE did not help. > > If the purpose of using RPM files is to facilitate binary > updates from distribution servers, wait until *your > distribution* upgrades to a newer supported version of Postfix. > > If you incorporate your own Postfix into your O/S, why > download some random stranger's binary RPM? > > Is there a real use case for binary RPMs not maintained by > the distribution release engineering teams? What's wrong with > the Postfix source, which is typically less likely to have > ill-advised patches dropped into it? >
Yes, there is unfortunately such a need, because RHEL5 is only up to Postfix 2.3, and we require functionality from Postfix 2.5 and up (destination_rate_delay). The OS administrators do not permit GCC and devel libraries on the SMTP servers I maintain (and fair enough). Also, installing non-RPM packages can obviously cause clashes when installing other RH updates (at least RPM is clever enough not to try installing Postfix 2.3 patches when it finds 2.5 already installed). It would certainly be useful if an approved distributor provided reliable and up-to-date RPM and DEB packages with a sensible set of options compiled in.
