Hi. I'm running SuSE linux 8.1 with the default Postfix install postfix-1.1.11-109. I would like to run the new postfix, but I'm a bit confused on how I shall do it. Of course I stop the running postfix, and by aid of Yast I can remove the running Postfix version. What have I to do after that removing ?. What files/directory shall be removed, if they were not done by Yast. Would have been nice, if the new Postfix was to be found as an .RPM package. Of course I can use Checkmail, as I do in some cases. Its not a fault that this message is sent to 2 mailing lists. Maybe some on the SuSE mailing list has good experiences with the subject :-) Thanks in advance for all answers. -- Erik Jakobsen
On Thu, 02 Jan 2003, Erik wrote:
Hi.
I'm running SuSE linux 8.1 with the default Postfix install postfix-1.1.11-109.
I would like to run the new postfix, but I'm a bit confused on how I shall do it.
Of course I stop the running postfix, and by aid of Yast I can remove the running Postfix version.
Be sure to backup /etc/postfix first.
What have I to do after that removing ?. What files/directory shall be removed, if they were not done by Yast.
SuSE (at least 8.0) uses 'maildrop' as setgid_group instead of 'postdrop', be sure to add a postdrop group first.
Would have been nice, if the new Postfix was to be found as an .RPM package.
Of course I can use Checkmail, as I do in some cases.
You mean checkinstall I presume. I used that to build a 2.00 rpm without a hitch. Just use it with '--provides postfix smtp_daemon' to satisfy the dependencies for other packages. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 27N , 4 29 45E. SuSE 8.0 x86 Postfix 2.00.1
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