On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 12:05:09PM +1100, Mark Ashley wrote:
> I ran across a problem when installing postfix 2.9.5 on Solaris 10 and
> 11. If there is a pre-existing main.cf on the system then the "make
> install" step will re-use this, instead of using the settings
> contained in the new 2.9.5 code tree.
>
> It makes installing a new version problematic as you don't expect that
> sort of behaviour, old configs polluting new code. It's billed as a
> "transition aid" but it's annoying when you go out of your way to
> configure the postfix source tree to use other settings.
The postfix-install script supports construction of "packages" that
are neither influenced by nor capture the main.cf settings of the
build host. Instead of doing an "install" or an "upgrade", create
a package, then install the package on any machine of your choice.
--
Viktor.
