Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:07:10 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> Cc: flz@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org, prehor@gmail.com Subject: Re: ports/82423: [PATCH] security/amavisd-new: several improvements Message-ID: <790a9fff050715120717e83e02@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200507150030.39587.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> References: <200507150030.39587.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk>
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On 7/14/05, Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> wrote:
> Why is the rc.d script now being installed into /etc/rc.d/amavisd ?
>=20
> I am referring to this section of the Makefile:
>=20
> .if ${OSVERSION} >=3D 500037
> USE_RCORDER=3D amavisd.sh
> RC_DIR=3D /etc/rc.d
> RC_SUFX=3D
> .else
> USE_RC_SUBR+=3D amavisd.sh
> RC_DIR=3D ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d
> RC_SUFX=3D .sh
> .endif
>=20
> Has their been some sort of policy change? Why is amavisd-new
> doing this when no other ports (that I know of anyway) are? This
> seems wrong to me.
>=20
> If there is a good reason for it, I'd be happy to hear it.
>=20
I beleive the port maintainers reason for this is so that sendmail
won't complain that it can't talk to the amavisd milter dameon upon
startup.
Placing the startup script in to /etc/rc.d ensures that amavisd starts
before sendmail starts.
Scot
--=20
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