Bug 61132 – There are three useful patches for cyrus-imapd

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Eugene Golovachev 2004-08-21 03:55:13 UTC]

These patches icrease usability of cyrus.


Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Joshua Schmidlkofer 2004-12-30 17:55:59 UTC]

Created attachment 47256 [details]
cyrus-imapd-2.2.10-r1.ebuild

ebuild w/ new "autocreate" config option
for use w/ just the autocreate options.

[Comment 2 Joshua Schmidlkofer 2004-12-30 17:56:38 UTC]

Created attachment 47257 [details]
cyrus-imapd-2.2.10-autocreate-0.1.diff

Autocreate diff - for the files directory.

[Comment 3 David 2005-01-05 06:58:39 UTC]

This patch applies correctly and works for me, thank you Eugene.  I would like to see it in Portage.

However, it would be nice if there were some documentation so the user knows what they must change in imapd.conf.

I have attached a patch against imapd.conf which adds in the options with some information about them.  Perhaps you could include an einfo in your ebuild, I do not wish to modify your ebuild myself.

It would be nice if my patch against the ebuild were only included if USE='autocreate' is set, perhaps epatch could be used in the pkg_postinst() section.

If you would like your ebuild updated, please let me know.  Otherwise, I will leave it as it currently is.

[Comment 4 David 2005-01-05 07:00:05 UTC]

Created attachment 47705 [details, diff]
A patch against /etc/imapd.conf to add in the options for autocreate

See my notes on the bug report.  Perhaps imapd.conf should only be patched if
USE='autocreate' is set.

[Comment 5 Ian P. Christian 2005-01-05 08:30:37 UTC]

I would also like to see this in portage.

Kind Regards,

Ian

[Comment 6 Theo Zourzouvillys 2005-01-19 04:31:34 UTC]

and me ....

[Comment 7 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-05-09 02:43:25 UTC]

*** Bug 89660 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-05-09 02:47:34 UTC]

Normally we do not support third-party patches since they cause an added overhead if a security bug is found in cyrus-imapd.

Have you sent this patch upstream ? If yes, do they plan to include it?

Will RESOLVE->NEEDINFO until you get an upstream answer. Please reopen if you think I am wrong.

Cheers,
Ferdy

[Comment 9 Timo 2005-05-09 04:02:24 UTC]

The autocreate patch won't be integrated into cyrus imapd until it is compatible with the murder config. This is almost a FAQ on the info-cyrus mailinglist. I have asked this once and I know of at least one other person who did. I believe it will take longer than anybody wants to wait having the autocreate functionality in cyrus imapd.

However I think the patch can be integrated into the ebuild in a way that it won't hurt even if new versions of cyrus imapd get released. The patch routine could check if versions are matching, couldn't it ?

If you look at the ebuild which I sent in with bug 89660, you will see that it utilizes USE='autocreate'. The only thing which is missing is a routine that gets the latest autocreate-patch version at http://email.uoa.gr. Maybe we can get the admins there to create a symlink autocreate-patch.latest or so.

Please open this bug again.

TIA, Timo