Milter-greylist

On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 03:34:17PM +0100, manu@... wrote:
> 
> ....
> Isn't it possible to tweak the rc-linux.sh so that it works with other
> Linux flavors?

=> Right now we already have two Linux scripts : rc-debian.sh.in,
rc-linux.sh.in (for RH/MDK) ... 
It's difficult to support all Linux flavors in one initscript. 
It will likely I fear be difficult to maintain as it will be
full of case switches (for SUSE,DEBIAN,RH+MDK, GENTOO). 
RH and MDK are cousins but for the rest of Linux distributions
initscripts are organised really differently : special functions
used, special comments, special config paths ... 
 
Example : /etc/init.d/functions is a Redhatism . This file does
not exist on non-RH/MDK Linux flavors ..
What do other milter-greylist Linux users think about this topic ? 
If there is a general agreement to have just one initscript for 
Linux, we'll have to do some tests. I can test on Mandrake 10.1, 
Gentoo, SUSE 9.2 ...

> > In the meantime find attached an initscript for Gentoo Linux. 
> > You can call it rc-gentoo.sh.in (and replace mail by @USER@).
> > 
> > I had a quick look at 1.5.12, here are some comments : 
> > 
>  ....
> > * Makefile.in improvement : directory for milter-greylist should
> > be owned by $USER:$USER . What about using install -g switch : 
> > ${INSTALL} -d -m 755 -o ${USER} -g  ${USER}  /var/milter-greylist
> > 
> > Other option : --with-group
> 
> Does it actually matter? What do you win with a --with-group flag?
> 

=> I think that most of us are using accounts with same groupname as
username (mail or smmsp). But maybe some people don't. If you want
to support this case a configure -with-group is needed. 

SL/