On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:22:22AM +1100, Winston Smith wrote:
> The fact that I need to peek into a script first in order to understand
> the underlying mechanisms lets me believe that the documentation is
> confusing enough to let anyone believe that install_root behaves like
> a PREFIX in autoconf-generated Makefiles.
Regardless, the primary Postfix configuration file needs to be found
somewhere by the software. A non-default location cannot be specified
in a file found at the non-default location. Basic catch-22.
> Still does not explain why make install creates /usr/local/var/spool/postfix/
> although main.cf points to /var/spool/postfix/ . If main.cf does not pick
> up install_root, what's the purpose of it???
Construction of retargeted images from which to build a binary package,
rather than perform a local install.
> Does this sound right to anyone? Shouldn't main.cf conform to what
> make install is doing?
It does. It would be best to let this thread rest for now. Over and out.
--
Viktor.
