Developers of Sympa

[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

Hi Guillaume,

Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> I am
> new maintainer for mandrake sympa package, and I have a slight problem
> with wwsympa configuration. 
>   
> Configuration script wizard use the following values for bounce_path
> and archive_path directives: 
> {'name' => 'arc_path', 
> 'default' => '--DIR--/arc', 
> [...]
> However, the configure script doesn't offer corresponding substitution
> parameter and --with-dir doesn't work. --DIR-- always get substituted by
> /usr/lib/sympa (or maybe by --LIBDIR-- value, i didn't test further).
> It seems there is a problem there. 
You should use the standard --prefix
option to set --DIR--.
> Moreover,
> the current mdk spec file, as well as the one included in the sympa
> tarball, creates /var/spool/sympa/wwsarchive and
> /var/spool/sympa/wwsbounce directories, apparently for this usage.
> However, whereas /var/spool is perfectly suited for a bounce queue, it
> is far less adapted for archive, that are permanent data. I'd rather use
> /var/lib for this.
You seem to mingle to distinct directories : for both bounces and
archives, there is a incoming spool AND a directory for storing bounces
and archived messages. The first 2 directories are probably what is
located in /var/spool/sympa/ ; it seems a perfectly logical choice. Guy
Paressant and Gilles Budet who have been working on mandrake packages
might confirm.
> Last,
> I don't understand why those directives are defined in web interface
> configuration file (wwsympa.conf), and not directly in global
> configuration file (sympa.conf). 
That's a Sympa mystery....Sympa came first and then WWSympa, as a
contribution first....
Actually we are going to merge both files ASAP.
> How
> does sympa keeps archives, when the web interface is not present? And
> why does the web interface also have a bounce directory, whereas sympa
> already has one? 
There is an old text archiving system that is distinct from web
archives, check Sympa documentation :
http://www.sympa.org/doc/html/node16.html#SECTION001660000000000000000
-- 
Olivier Salaun
Comite Reseau des Universites