Bug 99253 – mail-filter/maildrop should be a blocker to mail-mta/courier

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Forza 2005-07-16 11:21:09 UTC]

mail-mta/courier comes with its own version of maildrop. This is overwritten by the mail-
filter/maildrop and could cause courier to stop working. Therefore I think that mail-filter/
maildrop should check for mail-mta/courier before installing.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Stian Skjelstad 2005-07-16 11:32:02 UTC]

Does it come from the same source-package? if so, courier should not install
that file, but use maildrop instead.

If not, yes, they should conflict (sandbox violation)

[Comment 2 Forza 2005-07-16 11:37:47 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Does it come from the same source-package? if so, courier should not install
> that file, but use maildrop instead.
> 
> If not, yes, they should conflict (sandbox violation)

I am not sure what you mean. If you mean they use the same source files, then no:

maildrop-1.8.0.tar.bz2: 2 013 203 bytres
courier-0.48.1.tar.bz2: 5 875 035 bytes

I did test to install maildrop. It broke courier (it could not deliver through the new 
maildrop). Possible explaination is that the new maildrop uses different config files than 
couriers' maildrop.

[Comment 3 Forza 2005-07-16 11:41:19 UTC]

You said courier should not install that file. Yes, if it was the same maildrop, then would 
it not be better to have a dependency on maildrop?

[Comment 4 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) 2005-07-29 08:23:41 UTC]

mail-mta/courier uses an internal copy of maildrop which isn't exactly the same
as the released version of maildrop. I can add a blocker in courier for
maildrop, but I think maildrop should do the same just to be safe.

[Comment 5 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-07-29 09:12:17 UTC]

It's probably better to move courier's maildrop away so both won't collide.
Anyway... I don't mind blocking courier from maildrop.

Cheers,
Ferdy

[Comment 6 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-08-06 09:29:41 UTC]

Ok, blocked courier from maildrop in maildrop-1.8.1-r1.ebuild

Cheers,
Ferdy