Courier from ports without FAM? or securing FAM.

From: Francisco Reyes (lists_at_natserv.com)
Date: 10/16/05

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    Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:34:56 -0400 (EDT)
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    Got courier working, however it keeps getting built with FAM even though I
    told the port not to use it.

    Looking at the makefile I saw
    .if defined(WITH_FAM) || exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/libfam.so)
    CONFIGURE_ENV= CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
                    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
    LDFLAGS+= -L${LOCALBASE}/lib
    LIB_DEPENDS+= fam.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/fam
    .endif

    So I commented them all out.. still built with FAM. :-(

    Unforntunately I had FAM already installed and it seems the port compiles
    against it if present.. even after commenting the lines above.

    If it will be easier to keep it then I would like to secure it.
    Could not find on the archives what would be the best way to keep
    FAM/portmaper (which seems is needed for FAM) secure.

    Anyone familiar with Courier could comment on how usefull is FAM for
    users? Is it worth the trouble/security risk?
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