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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:25:42 +0400
From:      Seva Gluschenko <gvs@rinet.ru>
To:        Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/60585: ZMailer 2.99.56 is available, can be compiled for 5.x
Message-ID:  <407E38F6.9060405@rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20040415071339.GB69658@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
References:  <200404141554.i3EFsPGR083767@freefall.freebsd.org> <407E2DCB.3050108@rinet.ru> <20040415071339.GB69658@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

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Volker Stolz wrote:

> The patch in the PR is by no means sufficient. I already spent too
> much time tidying things up...to note a few:
> 
> - an important patch got lost which installed the man-pages
> - the plist wasn't updated
> - packaging doesn't work correctly because some files in the plist
>     get removed (/var/spool/postoffice) that are not generated when
>     installing from the port instead of the package.
> - FreeBSD has the possibility of running post-installation-scripts,
>     which is just what this port needs. It's just a matter of
>     spending time to make it work correctly.
> - it installs empty directories, e.g. $PREFIX/sbin/bak.

well, by all means, I have to learn about all this stuff more.

> Even then, I'll probably wait with committing the changes until I can
> find someone who actually runs this stuff as there is no maintainer who
> can vouch for it. Would you like to become the maintainer for it?

No, I wouldn't. This project isn't mine, I only grabbed it onto my 
attention once I needed it. Now I don't.

-gvs



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