Quiet?

Peter Nitschke email at ace.net.au
Fri Oct 25 00:41:22 IST 2002


Hmm, why can't mqueue and mqueue.in contain sub-directories?   I have a
sub-dir called bak that I put stuff in if I want to check it out, can't see
that it affects MS or sendmail at all.   Woulwdn't you only need to clean
out the /var/spool/MailScanner directory structure?

Peter

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On 24/10/2002 at 10:01 PM Julian Field wrote:

>I "tweaked" 4.02-2 a few minutes after I uploaded it last night. You must
>have downloaded it in those few minutes. Sorry about that, I know I
>shouldn't do it.
>
>I'll publish today's updates before I go to bed. Just bug-fixes, and
>another improvement to install.sh, and some more queue directory sanity
>checks on startup. Oh, and you will be able to use "/dev/null" as a
>filename in a ruleset so you can say you don't want any text at all.
Useful
>in "Inline HTML Signature" and other rules which produce a filename.
>
>At 17:15 24/10/2002, you wrote:
>>I just tried to upgrade from 2.3x to 4.02-2 on another box, it still
>>suggested that I install ExtUtils::MakeMaker  then rerun the script.
>>
>>Peter
>>
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>>On 23/10/2002 at 11:54 PM Julian Field wrote:
>>
>> >At 22:26 23/10/2002, you wrote:
>> >>Looking again, it actually says
>> >>
>> >>./install.sh: /CheckModuleVersion: No such file or directory
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Maybe thats the real problem?
>> >
>> >Another cockup in the distribution, I'm afraid. Get the latest version
>and
>> >it will check the modules and install ExtUtils::MakeMaker for you if
>it's
>> >needed, without using CPAN. This should avoid all sorts of installation
>> >problems people have been having, mostly caused by dodgy versions of
>> >ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
>> >
>> >Avoiding CPAN means that it won't upgrade your entire Perl installation
>> >just to install 1 module. I'm rapidly going off CPAN, especially on
>RedHat
>> >systems, it is far too easy to end up with 2 broken Perl installations,
>> >rather than 1 working one.
>> >
>> >>-----
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Err..
>> >>
>> >>It says I need a new ExtUtils::MakeMaker  so I followed the
>instructions
>> >to
>> >>get it.
>> >>
>> >>Now it still says I need a new ExtUtils::MakeMaker ???
>> >>
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>> >>On 23/10/2002 at 9:39 PM Julian Field wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >At 20:59 23/10/2002, you wrote:
>> >> >>Not sure about anyone else, but I am doing occasional refreshes on
>the
>> >> >>downloads page hoping to see a -9 appear, so I can install it and
go
>>to
>> >> >bed
>> >> >>happy.     It's 5:30am here already, but something like this is
>worth
>> >the
>> >> >>wait.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>I hope :-)
>> >> >
>> >> >Oh, alright then...
>> >> >Because I have added new conf option (so you can have the qf+df /
>> >> >headers+body either way you want it), it's 4.02-1.
>> >> >
>> >> >>But yeah, tumbleweed is quite a nifty way to distribute your seeds,
>it
>> >> >>would have to beat hanging out in bars, though might not be as much
>>fun
>> >>if
>> >> >>you manage to get lucky.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>But I am sure we digress...
>> >> >
>> >> >Watch out, or the OT police will get you :-)
>> >> >--
>> >> >Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>> >> >jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>> >> >Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>> >> >                             Southampton SO17 1BJ
>> >
>> >--
>> >Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>> >jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>> >Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>> >                             Southampton SO17 1BJ
>
>--
>Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>                             Southampton SO17 1BJ



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