Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread @lbutlr
On 2018-02-25 (20:17 MST), Bill Cole wrote: > > On 25 Feb 2018, at 2:54 (-0500), @lbutlr wrote: > >> I used to do the same back int eh 90s where trying to slim down the OS was >> really worth the effort. Now though, a full base install is well under a >> handful of GB, or less than 1% of a

Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread Bill Cole
On 25 Feb 2018, at 2:54 (-0500), @lbutlr wrote: I used to do the same back int eh 90s where trying to slim down the OS was really worth the effort. Now though, a full base install is well under a handful of GB, or less than 1% of a small hard drive. There is also the independent issue of sec

Re: Relay access denied to local IPv6 client

2018-02-25 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 23/2/2018 9:00 μμ, Bill Cole wrote: The restriction lists in Postfix are run in a fixed logical order (client, helo, sender, relay, recipient, data, end_of_data) and 'OK' from an early restriction list (smtpd_client_restrictions) *DOES NOT*prevent 'REJECT' by a later restriction list (smtp

Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread John Fawcett
On 25/02/18 01:18, Wietse Venema wrote: > John Fawcett: >> I was wondering if it might be wise to make m4 a mandatory prerequisite, >> without which compilation would fail.? > We could add this at the top of the script: > > m4 > but that would be a point solution. For a dependency list someone

Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread John Fawcett
On 25/02/18 08:54, @lbutlr wrote: > On 2018-02-25 (00:37 MST), John Fawcett wrote: >> I normally start out with the minimal set of packages and only add >> software that I need to those. While make was already there, the >> compiler and m4 were missing. I installed the compiler but forgot m4, so >

Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread John Fawcett
On 25/02/18 09:07, Peter wrote: > On 25/02/18 19:27, Bastian Blank wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 07:18:32PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: >>> We could add this at the top of the script: >>> m4 > Using "set -e" is much more effective and finds all errors. > Please no. set -e is an attempt to

Re: Suggestion: make compilation fail if m4 is not installed

2018-02-25 Thread Peter
On 25/02/18 19:27, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 07:18:32PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: >> We could add this at the top of the script: >> m4 > Using "set -e" is much more effective and finds all errors. Please no. set -e is an attempt to cover all error cases without bailin