Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:59:00 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, dwcjr@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: samba-2.2.3a - configuration options interactive script Message-ID: <20020427165900.GA97604@leviathan.inethouston.net> In-Reply-To: <3CCA6D96.696B26DE@liwing.de> References: <3CC871DC.4EAC9AA@liwing.de> <20020425215741.GA95577@leviathan.inethouston.net> <3CCA6D96.696B26DE@liwing.de>
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> Postfix works in the same way mod_php4 works - and I didn't like it, because a > "make clean" removes the "Makefile.inc" which stores the configuration the > administrator made. That's a simple thing to remove, but it must remove the Makefile.inc upon make clean. If that's going to be a problem, you may want to bring that up with PORTMGR > I'm searching for a way to keep the configuration file over a "make clean" - maybe > till new options in the dialog system appear. I like the functionality of "portupgrade", > but updating many ports which have a menu system is confusing ... > Sometimes it's difficult to remember, which server/workstation was compiled using > which options ... > > Postfix do the same way... This appears to be the standard, so we'll have to bring portmgr into this if this is a problem for you. > > > > > 3) Should the script check (checkable) misconfigurations, or is the admin every time > > > smart enough? > > > > what kind of misconfigurations would it detect? What I've been told > > in the past is to let the admin shoot themselves in the foot if they > > wish but this attitude may have changed. > > I did not know. It was a question like: "If I find some ways to let the admin shoot it's foot, > should I sell some bullet-proofed socks?" But I understand - learning by doing - learning more > doing wrong :-) It comes down to why should we tell the admin what that person can and cannot do. -- David W. Chapman Jr. dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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