postfix-3.0.0

[bdubbs@…]

New major version. We need to look closely at this to see if we want to do it before package freeze.

[bdubbs@…]

There are a lot of major changes, especially to the configuration files. See ​ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-3.0.0.RELEASE_NOTES for details.

We should probably put in a caution about upgrading from 2.x versions of postfix pointing to the above url or the RELEASE_NOTES file in the tarball.

A preliminary check of current instructions, without install, was successful.

The sed for Berkeley DB = 5 is no longer needed.

The sed for the README files is still needed.

I did not test OpenLdap, Sqlite, MySql , PostgreSQL, or CDB.

MariaDB is not mentioned anywhere in the source, but should be OK as a substitute for MySql.

[bdubbs@…]

The install is a PITA if you want to install in a DESTDIR location. You need:

sed -i '/chown/s/chown/true/' libexec/post-install postfix-install conf/post-install
sed -i '/chgrp/s/chgrp/true/' libexec/post-install postfix-install conf/post-install

prior to the 'sh postfix-install -non-interactive ...' command and add install_root=$DEST to the list of directories.

That said, the executable programs and directories do not change. There are still no libraries installed.

I do not want to install postfix on this test system, so I will not test the current configuration instructions, but they look OK.

I need to have someone that uses postfix on a regular basis to test this package and take this ticket, but I think the above will help.

[bdubbs@…]

Running '/usr/lib/postfix/post-install daemon_directory=/usr/lib/postfix upgrade-package' may be useful when upgrading.

[Fernando de Oliveira]

Replying to bdubbs@…:

The install is a PITA if you want to install in a DESTDIR location.:

For many packages (sudo is another one), I gave up, and use sudo or your as_root:

install -vdm755 $DESTINODIR &&
as_root sh postfix-install -non-interactive install_root=$DESTINODIR \
   daemon_directory=/usr/lib/postfix \
   manpage_directory=/usr/share/man \
   html_directory=/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE/html \
   readme_directory=/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE/readme

I need to have someone that uses postfix on a regular basis to test this package and take this ticket, but I think the above will help.

I don't. When I update, I do install it, with minimal instructions of the page, then install the bootscript, start the application, stop, uninstall the bootscript.

[Fernando de Oliveira]

Replying to fo:

Replying to bdubbs@…:

I need to have someone that uses postfix on a regular basis to test this package and take this ticket, but I think the above will help.

I don't. When I update, I do install it, with minimal instructions of the page, then install the bootscript, start the application, stop, uninstall the bootscript.

Partially wrong: it's run every boot. Just don't use it. Bootscripts are always there, no remove, install or reinstall.

[Fernando de Oliveira]

Replying to bdubbs@…:

The install is a PITA if you want to install in a DESTDIR location. You need:

sed -i '/chown/s/chown/true/' libexec/post-install postfix-install conf/post-install
sed -i '/chgrp/s/chgrp/true/' libexec/post-install postfix-install conf/post-install

Thanks for that. No need of root privileges for DESTDIR (install_root) is very good!!!

[Fernando de Oliveira]

Replying to bdubbs@…:

Running '/usr/lib/postfix/post-install daemon_directory=/usr/lib/postfix upgrade-package' may be useful when upgrading.

I've got an error (broke the line for illustration purposes):

$ sudo /usr/lib/postfix/post-install \
       daemon_directory=/usr/lib/postfix upgrade-package
/usr/lib/postfix/post-install: Error: /postfix-files is not a file.

[Fernando de Oliveira]

This time the application is better tested than I did before.

Fixed at r15489.

[Fernando de Oliveira]

I am including this comment, after some recollection came to my mind.

First, never I would have thought of using true. Usually, I change user and group to mine ones, and after I revert.

Sometimes, I do a DESTDIR install, verify that everything is OK, and like to do with the source code a true install. That is the reason I used sudo for DESTDIR. For another package, I did fix the DESTDIR install as Bruce did here, but after the install, I revert the fix, for the reason explained before. So, FWIW, I modified Bruces' instruction of comment:2 for that (other cosmetic modifications are just personal preferences, not relevant):

# Fix for DESTDIR unprivileged install
sed -e 's/chown/true &/' -e 's/chgrp/true &/' \
    -i {libexec,conf}/post-install postfix-install &&

# DESTDIR unpriviledged install instructions

... &&

# Revert fix for DESTDIR unprivileged install
sed -e 's/true \(chown\)/\1/' -e 's/true \(chgrp\)/\1/' \
    -i {libexec,conf}/post-install postfix-install

I know this must be not relevant for Bruce, but perhaps someone might like it.