On 2021-07-26 12:18:01 +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote:
[makedefs.out location]
> The Debian package management system tracks system induced changes in /etc
> and notifies users about them during package upgrade. Before I moved the
> file to /usr/share/postfix, there were alerts during package upgrade every
> time if makedefs.out changed (i.e. every time).
>
> I agree with the warning since permissions in the target directory might be
> inappropriate. In this case I've checked it before I put the symlink in
> place and it's fine.
>
> There are a limited number of options:
>
> 1. Don't install makedefs.out, which means the standard postfix installation
> is incomplete (this is what Debian used to do).
>
> 2. Put it in /etc, which means the admin gets notified about changes in the
> file on package upgrade (which made no one happy).
>
> 3. Put it elsewhere and provide a symlink, which means the warning.
>
> 4. Put it elsewhere and patch away the warning.
>
> None of those are ideal.
But perhaps this should be changed in postfix itself (upstream),
or at least made configurable.
The FHS says that /etc is for host-specific system configuration,
and makedefs.out is not a configuration file. So I would say that
/etc/postfix is not the right place for this file, which starts
with:
# Do not edit -- this file documents how Postfix was built for your machine.
^^^^^^^^^
Thus, IMHO, this file should be with the other documentation files.
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