#24786: Mailman -- preserve configuration file after uninstall ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: mfisher@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.2 Keywords: | Port: mail/mailman ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ This is a hack/enhancement based on [http://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes#configfiles] that causes the mm_cfg.py file to be preserved (the Mailman installer creates it from mm_cfg.py.dist) after port uninstall. {{{ --- Portfile 2010-05-04 16:00:20.000000000 -0400 +++ mailman-portfile 2010-05-04 15:59:59.000000000 -0400 @@ -91,8 +109,7 @@ reinplace "s|@DATADIR@|${datadir}|" ${destroot}${confdir}/${name}.conf reinplace "s|@SHAREDIR@|${sharedir}|" ${destroot}${confdir}/${name}.conf reinplace "s|@CONFDIR@|${confdir}|" \ - ${destroot}${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist \ - ${destroot}${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py + ${destroot}${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist # Install documentation files xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${docdir} @@ -103,6 +120,12 @@ # Check installation under destroot system "cd ${destroot}${sharedir} && \ DESTDIR=${destroot} PYTHONPATH=.:./pythonlib ./bin/check_perms" + + # Don't pull forward the system-built mm_cfg.py because it'd + # be uninstalled, even if modified by the user. + if {[file exists ${destroot}${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py]} { + delete ${destroot}${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py + } } post-install { @@ -141,3 +164,12 @@ ui_msg "------------------------------------------------------------" } +post-activate { + # Check for an existing mm_cfg.py and copy the "dist" version + # into place (like the real build does) if there isn't one. + if {![file exists ${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py]} { + file copy ${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py.dist \ + ${sharedir}/Mailman/mm_cfg.py + } +} }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24786> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS