Renat Golubchyk <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You can copy the ebuild to your overlay and patch postfix from there.
> If you don't have to do anything else before compiling it then it's as
> trivial as "epatch /path/to/postfix.patch" somewhere in src_unpack().
> Doing it this way has the benefit of letting portage manage your
> packages. 

This seems to be the best way.  And indeed it is trivial.

> You'll just have to keep an eye for upgrades, because they
> will probably come without this patch. If you want this patch to be
> included in postfix create a bug in bugzilla with the request.

I don't think it is a good idea.  I would not second guess Wietse (author of 
postfix) for the suitability of the patch for general consumption.

Thank you for your help.

Eray

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