[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr

[James Lee]

On 22/12/09, 16:38:53, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote regarding Re:
[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr:

> What about things like CSWexim, and presumably CSWpostfix that might
> move /usr/lib/sendmail out of the way as part of the postinstall.
> CSWexim uses a prompt to handle this and has allows you to skip it.

They might but needn't and maybe shouldn't.  My exim works with
/usr/sendmail in place although it needs manual "svcadm disable
sendmail" to get access to port 25.

A reason not to move system files might be that system patches can't
work.  e.g. If you move sendmail, patch it, move it back you have an
unpatched sendmail (or maybe an error in the patch process, not sure,
I've never actually done it).



James.