From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from lark.theleaf.office (cable-213-132-142-63.upc.chello.be [213.132.142.63]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0611D23742 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 05:40:26 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 24552 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2001 11:40:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO willow.theleaf.office) (10.1.1.3) by 10.1.1.1 with SMTP; 13 Dec 2001 11:40:42 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] qmail and .keep files From: Geert Bevin To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1008243180.10991.4.camel@uranus.u235.eyep.net> References: <1008243180.10991.4.camel@uranus.u235.eyep.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 13 Dec 2001 12:39:45 +0100 Message-Id: <1008243585.1015.4.camel@willow.theleaf.office> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 8c315162-58a9-4ae0-9358-8eb4fc032046 X-Archives-Hash: 4ab13a7c8557b126c2b68ee89cb09ff1 On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 12:33, Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote: > > > Hi! > Just wandering, what are those ".keep" files for? > Looks to me like a very ugly hack. The .keep files are necessary since otherwise when merging a new version and unmerging the old one, required empty dirs would be removed too. This is the way gentoo solves this problem standardly. Just look for .keep files all over your hd. > Anyway, ebuild for qmail should not install them in the > queue directory, for qmail-qstat to work properly. Do you have real problems due to the .keep files? > Also qmail rc file should be config-protected. > As there's no config-protection on per file basis (am I right?) > we should change it to: > --------------------- > #!/bin/sh > exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \ > qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery`" > --------------------- > > with control/defaultdelivery containing; > ------------- > |dot-forward .forward > ./.maildir/ > ------------- > It will also fix the bug in current rc file: "dor-forward and > ./.maildir/ should be on SEPARATE lines. Good idea ! I'll add that > Gentoo rules :-) > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > -- Geert Bevin the Leaf sprl/bvba "Use what you need" Pierre Theunisstraat 1/47 http://www.theleaf.be 1030 Brussels gbevin@theleaf.be Tel & Fax +32 2 241 19 98