Developers of Sympa

[Guillaume Rousse <address@concealed>]

Olivier Salaun - CRU wrote:
> 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--.
OK, thanks.

> > 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.
If I understand correctly, sympa need four directories:
bounces incoming
archive incoming
bounces storage
archive storage

The path to storage directories is set through the --prefix option, 
while the path to the incoming directories is set through the 
--with-spooldir option.

The directories names themselves are not configurable through the 
./configure script, only by editing the configuration files later. 
However, it seems to be only three directives available:
queuebounce
bounce_path
arc_path
Is the one for incoming bounce directory missing?


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