Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 14:47:20 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'postfix upgrade-configuration' gives false message at end. Message-ID: <020c7829-7cea-8807-0bda-2e8839dfefcd@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <bdce7423ad0606374f4e9f83a8262bba.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <bdce7423ad0606374f4e9f83a8262bba.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On 03/02/18 14:02, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > While running 'postfix upgrade configuration' I received this message: > > Note: the following files or directories still exist but are > no longer part of Postfix: > > /usr/local/etc/postfix/access /usr/local/etc/postfix/canonical > /usr/local/etc/postfix/generic /usr/local/etc/postfix/header_checks > /usr/local/etc/postfix/relocated /usr/local/etc/postfix/transport > /usr/local/etc/postfix/virtual > > Googling this uncovers that this statement is utterly false and > without any foundation whatsoever. This was confirmed by no less an > authority than Wietse Venema.^1 > > So, who added this notice and for what purpose? Why would one wish to > deliberately mislead people that are no doubt upgrading an existing > smtp mail service. Otherwise they would not be running 'postfix > upgrade-configuration' to begin with. Here would be an answer: root@point:~ # cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix root@point:/usr/ports/mail/postfix # make maintainer ohauer@FreeBSD.org I haven't seen the message myself, if I did and verified it as you did I would e-mail all this to port maintainer above (ohauer@FreeBSD.org). > > I am sure that those of us that are in the midst of an upgrade in > place really do not appreciate the additional stress that this > falsehood engenders. Not top mention the waste of time researching > the implications of this statement. Fully agree. Valeri > > 1. > http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/postfix-upgrade-configuration-td94306.html > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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