Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:06:38 -0700 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: FreeBSD-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail selection options in sysinstall(8). Message-ID: <20030919110638.5c282e06.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <xzp4qz9te54.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20030918152942.5c7163df.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <3F6A2A72.90405@tenebras.com> <xzp4qz9te54.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:45:43 +0200 des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) wrote: > Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> writes: > > What legal issues? It seems entirely possible to produce a > > license-compliant var-qmail package for FreeBSD. It would be nice > > to offer it as the default MTA. >=20 > No, because QMail needs patches to run correctly on FreeBSD (in fact, > it requires patches to run correctly on *any* system, because DJB > doesn't want to lose face by admitting that QMail contains bugs, and > therefore hasn't updated the official distribution since mid-1998). Could you elaborate on that? Unless I'm mistaken, the only patches in /usr/ports/qmail/files are patches needed for qmail to *install* correctly - and all the WITH_*_PATCH options refer to optional patches. If I'm missing a patch for correct behaviour I'd like to get my mitts on it ASAP :) -Chris
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