Matt Hayes wrote (on Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 11:48:53PM -0400): > > > On 06/02/2010 11:44 PM, Jim Wright wrote: > > Failure to properly configure Postfix isn't a bug. Documentation exists > > for a reason, if a config doesn't work, fix the config. Don't complain > > because magic doesn't happen. > > > > I know nothing about debian, and can't speak to any allowanced postfix does > > or doesn't make on that platform. I run postfix on OS X, and don't expect > > the OS to provide postfix with everything it needs. > > > > > > Jim > > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Matt Hayes wrote: > > > >> Yes.. I know this has come up quite a bit, but on freenode in #postfix > >> this discussion once again erupted when someone mentioned a bug in > >> postfix and referencing this: > >> > >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=214741 > >> > >> > >> Now, I'm not all that bright on how postfix sorts out the hostname, and > >> frankly, I don't care, but I don't like people saying its a 'bug' when I > >> have no problems following configuration directives. > >> > >> Can someone PLEASE explain this in clear terms as to what they are > >> complaining about? > >> > >> Confused, > >> > >> -Matt > > > > I don't disagree with yo uat all. I use Slackware personally and > install from source when I do my installations/upgrades with postfix. > > Just wanted input on this as it is quite frustrating when I KNOW It > isn't a bug because it appears the Debian folks are the only ones I see > reporting it. > > -Matt
I use Ubuntu, not Debian, but I read the bug and it appears to depend upon Debian-specific behavior. Further, Mike Paul mentions that Debian works around the unexpected behavior, so that there are much real-world consequences. In fact, to make the bug happen, you have to take affirmative steps to break the Postfix install. So ... yawn. -- _________________________________________ Nachman Yaakov Ziskind, FSPA, LLM aw...@ziskind.us Attorney and Counselor-at-Law http://ziskind.us Economic Group Pension Services http://egps.com Actuaries and Employee Benefit Consultants
