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On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 18:55, Jared H. Hudson wrote: |
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> I need a use item that will tell programs whether to build support for |
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> /var/spool/mail or ~/.maildir |
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> for the ~/.maildir, I think "maildir" is appropiate. |
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> For /var/spool/mail I do not know what the keyword should be...any ideas? |
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> For example, procmail by default delivers to /var/spool/mail, but the |
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> ebuild we have changes that to deliver to ~/.maildir. I would like to |
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> make this a option based on a use item. |
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I suggest "mbox" or "maildir", since that's what almost everybody |
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calls the two major types of mailboxes. Seemant points out that |
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only one flag is really needed, since mbox and maildir formats |
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are never used simultaneously system-wide. Another alternative |
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would be to have a flag in /etc/rc.conf (or /etc/conf.d/mail, |
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if preferred) for MAILBOX_TYPE, although I suppose that it's |
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always possible that somebody might change schemes and then want |
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to know which packages were built w/ which mbox/maildir USE flags. |
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I've been wanting to implement this forever, and never got around |
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to it. Since you're willing, pick your favorite approach |
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and go with it. Feel free to rework any other parts of our |
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mail system that need updating. |
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Thanks, |
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Grant |
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