Re:_git:_b7104f19147f_-_main_-_sendmail:_doc ument_that_sendmail_enable_can_be_set_to_NONE

Le 8 novembre 2022 20:14:07 GMT+01:00, Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org> a écrit :
>On 2022-11-08 at 12:11 EST, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Baptiste Daroussin <bapt_at_freebsd.org> wrote on Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:41:29 UTC :
>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 08:07:46AM -0500, Matteo Riondato wrote:
>>> > On 2022-11-07 at 06:50 EST, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> > wrote:
>>> > > diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
>>> > > index a71a3fa4063d..91b99780eae6 100644
>>> > > --- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
>>> > > +++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
>>> > > @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ allscreens_kbdflags="" # Set this kbdcontrol > > mode for all virtual screens
>>> > > mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
>>> > > # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
>>> > > # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail and /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
>>> > > -sendmail_enable="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
>>> > > +sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon > > (YES/NO).
>>> >
>>> > The comment on the above line should probably be updated: > inexperienced
>>> > users may not know that there is a difference between "NO" and > "NONE".
>>> >
>>> > > sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file
>>> > > sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name
>>> > > sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a > > server)
>>> 
>>> You are not the first to report that, I have updated rc.conf a to add "the NONE" value.
>> 
>> Also, from the commit:
>> 
>> QUOTE
>> -sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
>> +sendmail_enable="NONE" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE).
>> END QUOTE
>> 
>> My guess is Matteo was after something more like the following text from your commit notes:
>> 
>> QUOTE
>> setting sendmail_enable to NONE (which is now the default) turns all the sendmail_*_enable variables to NO
>> END QUOTE
>> 
>> In other words, documenting what is different about NONE vs. NO beyond the spelling distinction.
>
>Indeed the issue that I intended to raise was that, AFAIK, there is no documentation, for NONE, except if one reads and understands /etc/rc.d/sendmail. It is something that is known by people "in the know", and probably mentioned by a some online tutorials, but I don't think there is anything "official".
>
>Even the handbook, in the section about changing MTA
>(https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/mail/#mail-changingmta) does not mention NONE, but explicitly sets the four variables to NO.
>
>(Side note: it seems that when this change will be integrated in some -STABLE branch, or when 14 becomes -STABLE, a large update to the relevant sections of the Handbook will be needed)
>
>Thanks,
>Matteo

It is documented as deprecated in rc.sendmail(8)

Besr regards,
Bapt