[Dovecot] dovecot-example.conf glitches

[Troy Engel]

Steffen Kaiser wrote:
> 
> 2) spots like:
>   #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> 
> The path is where the file belongs to in a "real" production 
> environment, however, the file should reflect the place "make install" 
> uses, esp. because the default "./configure" uses --prefix /usr/local.

 From a long-time packager perspective, this is the packagers' task to 
patch the example to match the desired platform/distro; Axel's RPM for 
instance patches the example.conf in many more ways than this to be Red 
Hat friendly. It's my opinion Timo shouldn't have to do anything in this 
regards and leave the work to the distros/platforms.

The problem here is that if Timo does something in the configure/make 
process to change the example.conf, then applying patches by a packager 
(which is done against *raw* source, not configured/compiled) becomes a 
bit of a chore, if not a nightmare.

$0.02 USD.

-te

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