Bug 117203

Summary:	amavisd.conf needs refactoring
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	antivirus, jakub
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Yuval Kogman 2005-12-30 07:33:59 UTC

The amavisd.conf file keeps getting changed, and is *HUGE*.

Every time I upgrade it's a PITA to merge it.

It should be split up into many files, like spam score thresholds, system config (max_servers, etc), anti virus profiles (one per vendor), etc etc.

Then the main amavisd.conf should just require all these files with a nice loop, a la Module::Pluggable.

Comment 1 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-04-07 12:46:29 UTC

I'd like this too, but I'm not too good in perl - have you tried proposing this to upstream?

Comment 2 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-06 19:37:23 UTC

I don't want to do this on package maintainer level, as Gentoo tries to stick as close to upstream as possible. Propose this to amavisd-new developers. I would only welcome if config files were more manageable.