Re: Dovecot + pigeonhole packaging

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

Glad to hear it!

Alexey Abramov <levenson@mmer.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. aug. 30., Pén
21:46):

> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello Alexey,
> >
> > Alexey Abramov <levenson@mmer.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. aug. 28.,
> Sze,
> > 22:30):
> >
> >> Hi guix,
> >>
> >>
> >> My system requires me to have dovecot and pigeonhole. So I packaged it.
> I
> >> created two none public packages and merged them into one big package.
> >>
> >
> > Is this on Guix System?
> > If yes, then guix system has a dovecot-service:
> > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Mail-Services.html
> > maybe you could have a look at that, and see if it helps.
>
> Yes, I am migrating my mail server and a working laptop to Guix.
>
> >> But wouldn't it be better to do it the same way as debian does?Every
> >> component lives in a separate package, and if I need some library I
> don't
> >> have to install the giant package.
> >>
> >
> > In guix packages can be split to multiple outputs. You can also define
> > separate packages,
> > but these are less common. Would multiple outputs make sense in this
> case?
> >
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Packages-with-Multiple-Outputs.html
> >>
> >>
> >> The problem I encountered is that dovecot has mail_plugin_dir property
> >> which does not accept multiple folders. It means I have to put and
> install
> >> new plugins in the very same directory with existing plugins. rpath is
> not
> >> an option here. Even if a library knows where to load its dependencies,
> >> dovecot doesn't aware of it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Is there a way to have shared store folder? Debian overrides  rpath to
> all
> >> dovecot extensions and set it to /usr/dovecot/lib.
> >>
> >
> > If dovecot follows symlinks on plugin resoltuion, then the service
> > configuration
> > could be extended by a plugins keyword, like it was for postgresql
> > extensions,
> > that sets up a symlink is a well known location to the store item of the
> > package
> > providing the plugin.
>
> Thanks for the symlink tip! I am using guix on my laptop as a foreign
> distr and was struggle with the path to the lib. I didn't know how to
> get that folder. Thanks!
>
> (string-append %current-profile "/lib/dovecot") fixed everything.
>
> --
> Alexey
>