On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 12:33:26PM -0500, Kenneth Marshall wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 12:23:13PM -0500, Jay G. Scott wrote: > > > > what's the deal w/ no configure script? > > > > you do know that you DON'T NEED autoconf/automake to install, right? > > they're not hiding behind that old dodge, are they? i'm so sick of > > that. > > > > if i supply a configure script, will you guys use it? > > > > every time i try to go to a newer version of postfix, the > > installation overwrites the previous version. and that > > interferes w/ my system documentation. w/ a configure script > > i can install into a safe, stub directory w/o clobbering the > > existing files. then i can do a proper migration. > > > > j. > > > Hi Jay, > > I doubt that it would be included for two reasons. First, the > additional support requirement to maintain the script. Second, > there is no generic script that would support the myriad of > setups that are in use with postfix. I can almost guarantee
you do know that "myriad of setups" are exactly what autoconf/automake/configure do, right? > that the script that would work for you would not work for > me, automatically at least. If that is the case, then the > existing "make install( or upgrade)" is as easy to use and > covers all the bases. > > Cheers, > Ken -- Jay Scott 512-835-3553 g...@arlut.utexas.edu Head of Sun Support, Sr. System Administrator Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224 University of Texas at Austin
