Le 08/01/2013 23:06, Wietse Venema a écrit : > Patrick Ben Koetter: > [snip] >> Should postconf be able/offer to make backup copies before it acts a request >> out? > Should it with main.cf? Should we enourage the use of version control?
given that people use different version control systems, I wouldn't make that part of postfix. also, I am working on a web UI, where the whole conf would be in a db (dumped to config files of course!). in which case, the version control part amounts to a few columns (who did what when...) and a rollback is not a lot more than an sql query. (I actually can do all that "for me", but I find it hard to support all the possible configurations that postfix supports). >>> And finally, a more complicated example: >>> >>> postconf -Me 'text of complete master.cf entry' >>> >>> Replace the specified master.cf service or add a new service. >>> Each postconf(1) command-line argument contains the text >>> of a complete master.cf entry. The new entry is line-wrapped >>> as with "postconf -Mf". >>> >>> This command syntax is consistent with existing "postconf -e" >>> commands, where each postconf(1) command-line argument contains the >>> text of a complete main.cf entry. >> In postconf(1) you wrote "-e Edit the main.cf configuration file, and >> update >> parameter settings ..." > The text is too vague and needs to be updated. What happens in > reality is "replace or add main.cf entry, using the complete entry > given on the postconf command line". > > If there is a command to implement THAT FUNCTION for master.cf (add > or replace entry, using the complete entry given on the postconf > command line) then it should use the same -e option. > >> I haven't thought this through - you probably have: Wouldn't it be more >> consistent to use only 'e' (as already for main.cf) instead of 'u' and 'e' as >> proposed for master.cf? > "u" replaces a field in master.cf. It has no main.cf equivalent > (replace a word in the middle of a line?) therefore should not use > an option letter that is used for main.cf. > > Wietse
