| Summary: | PostgreSQL dependancy in mail-filter/dspam wrong | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Alexander Meisel <bugs.gentoo.org> |
| Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | Alin Năstac (RETIRED) <mrness> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | esigra |
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | x86 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
*** Bug 193081 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Bug 193081 is actually not a duplicate. I explains what should be done to accomplish a clean setup procedure, so please look at Bug 193081 for a possible solution. I need /usr/bin/psql in pkg_config. Closed as INVALID. Hi, the dependencies should not rely on programs you need for the set-up of the system. It is enough to install the postgresql bindings. That is all dspam needs for installation/build and function, the set-up is different story. At the set-up stage you should inform the user that (s)he needs a Postgresql server package if they want a "local" installation. A smart set-up routine would detect that and give the Admin additional information and advise about the set-up in a local or remote database environment. From a security standpoint of view is a unused installation of a software package which is not actively used ALWAYS a security risk, and therefore should be avoided. Postgres client is also needed by the current cron script. The clean-up cron script can run on the database server. Why should it be run remote? There are no dependencies on the local installation. |
The dspam package should not depend on: postgres? ( >=dev-db/postgresql-7.4.3 ) If the use flag postgres is set dspam must depend on: postgres? ( >=dev-db/libpq-7.4.3 ) because you normally have a centralized database server to ask for the spam token. At the moment you have to install the database even if you connect to a remote database which is a waste of space and resources. Please fix this Reproducible: Always