Re: [gentoo-server] mail archive

["Mike Myers" <mike@yaay.us>]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:42:10 -0500, Kerin Millar <kerframil@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On 9/29/05, Mike Myers <mike@yaay.us> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a qmail server configured, for the most part similar to the docs  
>> on
>> the gentoo site.  I was wondering though if there was a way to archive  
>> all
>> the email messages.  I saw a tool to do that on the inter7 site, but it
>> said it was a patch to allow archiving.  i'm not too sure how to patch
>> some code when it's in portage, and i don't really want to reinstall  
>> qmail
>
> Create a portage overlay (for example, at /usr/local/portage) and copy
> the existing mail-mta/qmail structure into it. Drop your patch in at
> mail-mta/qmail/files then add a statement to patch it in within the
> src_unpack() function of the ebuild:
>
>   epatch ${FILESDIR}/foo.patch
>
> You'll see many such examples in the ebuild as it is. Alternatively
> you could `ebuild unpack` the ebuild in the main portage tree, patch
> the source in the working directory manually before concluding with an
> `ebuild qmerge" statement (a less desirable approach in my view). For
> further details this wiki entry may help:
>
>   http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds
>
> With regards to the first approach you'll need to make sure that you
> revise your customised ebuild if there are any future qmail revision
> bumps otherwise your overlay copy will be superceded by the upgrade in
> the mainline portage tree.
>
> Another possibility is to file a bug referencing the patch, add the
> keyword "Inclusion" and assign to robbat2@gentoo.org asking for this
> patch to be included.
>
> Regards,
>
> --Kerin
>

Thanks for the info.  Unfortunately, neither suggestion worked.  It seems  
to me like the qmail-tap patch conflicts with the other numerous patches  
that qmail needs, so it's unable to find the parts of file it needs to  
patch.  I've filed a bug report, but it was closed and marked 'invalid',  
and considered a 'help request'.  So, no dice there.  I posted the issue  
in the forums, so now there are two threads concerning the qmail-tap  
patch, but neither have replies.  I'm not really certain where to go next.

Thanks,
Mike
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