[PLUG] Re: News Gateway

[Karl M. Hegbloom]

Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:

> The general idea is to 
> start with known installable and working sources, fix them in a 
> diff-able and maintainable way, use "debian/rules binary" to create an 
> installable package, and install that.  Then, use "aptitude hold 
> mailman" to put it on hold, to prevent an auto-upgrade that would 
> replace our modified version.

This is what I did with the "uw-imapd-ssl" that is installed on 
"drizzle".  I did not, at the time, know how to get "/etc/c-client.cf" 
to work ("I accept the responsibility"), so I patched the sources to 
make the default user mailbox directory be "~/Mail" rather than "~", 
which I found annoying, especially on a box that I also log into and 
actually use my home directory there for things other than email mbox files.