Johannes Egger said: > >>>Have previously used debian's squirrelmail package, and I liked some of >>>it's features. Most importantly, configuration files are kept in >>>/etc/squirrelmail. Steps: >>>* create new squirrelmail directories as >>> /usr/share/squirrelmail-1.4.6 and /etc/squirrelmail-1.4.6 so as not >>> to >>> interfere with running version during installation. >>>* move "config/*" to /etc/squirrelmail-1.4.6 and create symlink >>>* hack "conf.pl" to reflect change of location for sqmail, plugin and >>> themes directory. Otherwise cannot use conf.pl to load plugins. >> >> >> Wrong. Rule No.1 for Debian - "Don't store custom files in system >> directories". /usr/share is used by Debian packages. System upgrade can >> override your customizations. It is very unlikely to happen to >> /usr/share/squirrelmail-1.4.6, but you still use wrong place to store >> customizations. Use /usr/local or webserver's data directories. >> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ > > You are right. I know the FHS, and I am aware of this. This is my > personal preference, though. I don't claim FHS compliance and, like you > said, collision is unlikely with this versioning scheme. > > >>>STEP 3: HACK db_prefs.php >>>- This time, created custom patch to extend the default array for db >>> prefs in db_prefs.php. IMO this should be configurable externally. >> >> >> See forced_prefs plugin. > Ah, yes. Written by you *g > I must have overseen it. > > Thanks for the suggestion, and for your help with i18n. Composing, and > replying to emails in other character sets works fine now. > > > johannes > Where should the configuration files go then? They are 'local' customizations. Should they go in /usr/local/squirrelmail?
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