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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from yatze.fizzelpark.com (yatze.fizzelpark.com [195.94.81.200]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5825EAC4FE for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:17:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 32719 invoked by uid 507); 18 Apr 2002 22:15:35 -0000 Received: from bangert@gentoo.org by yatze by uid 504 with qmail-scanner-1.10 (sophie: 2.7/3.52. . Clear:0. Processed in 0.674015 secs); 18 Apr 2002 22:15:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO there) (212.88.65.157) by mail.fizzelpark.com (195.94.81.201) with SMTP; 18 Apr 2002 22:15:34 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Thilo Bangert To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/spool/mail versus maildir: use item needed Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 00:12:55 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <3CBDFD6A.9050600@volumehost.com> <20020418210932.4FF15AC478@chiba.3jane.net> <3CBF417F.5020301@volumehost.com> In-Reply-To: <3CBF417F.5020301@volumehost.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020418221743.5825EAC4FE@chiba.3jane.net> 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 X-Reply-To: bangert@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: c70f01b4-caf0-44af-8472-3aa9ce163e35 X-Archives-Hash: 609fdd7687d06ebd44f0d7a607f30775 On Thursday, 18. April 2002 23:58, you wrote: > >>use items: > >>mbox and maildir > > > > what about the idea of just having one? (as they rarely will be > > used at the same time anyway) > > > > hhm, i guess you can compile pine with support for both.. (?) > > What do you mean just having one? It makes sense to me for a user to > put mbox or maildir in their USE items. Several programs, like pine, > procmail, ect can handle both formats. And with patches more programs > can handle both. So I think we need both use lines and have a user > choose one, otherwise the default for that package will be chosen. > yes, you are right. > I thought about the MAIL variable, and it would make sense, unless > you were wanting to compile for another machine, hence a specifically > defined MBOX_PATH or MAILDIR_PATH makes more sense, IMO. i don't know the package that uses this, as i can not think of why this would be a compile time variable... IMHO this should only be a runtime variable, because of the fact, that (at least in some cases) it is up to the user to decide so what package needs this? > > -Jared H. > -- regards Thilo