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Postfix Archives: Re: trouble running postfix

Re: trouble running postfix

Subject: Re: trouble running postfix
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 10:20:00 CST

Terje Elde:
> * Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org) [000105 16:02]:
> > I'll consider separate sets of Makefiles for shared and non-shared
> > builds, with a makedefs-like script emitting the proper system-specific
> > glop. I won't consider platform-specific Makefiles. That is just
> > a maintenance nightmare.
>
> What about a autoconf system? It should not be too hard to set up
> auto discovery of such things.
>
> Once it's up it really helps with the maintenance.

NO. Do not ever mention autoconf in my presence.

Postfix is ported to a system BEFORE it is released. There shall
be no automatic discovery at build time. Everything MUST be frozen
before code is even released.

This is a matter of religious principle. Postfix builds out of the
box in environments that are known, and refuses to build elsewhere.
I have no desire to receive questions from people who find my
software is broken because they build in an unknown environment.

I have been maintaining freeware and non-freeware since 1986 for
dozens of UNIX and non-UNIX variants. I will not be told how to
write portable and maintainable software.

Now I know that one certain UNIX clone f*s up the compilation
environment with annoying frequency. That is a discipline problem
with that certain UNIX clone, and I have no desire to make it my
problem by messing up Postfix.

        Wietse

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