[bug#42899] [PATCH v2 02/10] gnu: dovecot: Patch and provide a static path for module directory.

[Alexey Abramov]

Hi,

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

> How are all the XXX_MODULE_DIR variables set? Would it be possible to
> just set MODULE_DIR to /etc/dovecot/modules and leave the others as-is?
> They seem to just use a file/folder under MODULE_DIR.

They set during compilation time. If I pass it as a configuration option, 
dovecot will try to install libraries there which won't work.

For example:

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-*- mode: rg; default-directory: "~/factory/dovecot/" -*-
rg started at Wed Aug 19 10:35:00

/gnu/store/cxy9n8aic4c9zd0r372m6b6yzw3dhcyl-ripgrep-12.1.1/bin/rg --color 
always --colors match:fg:red -n --type-add gn\:\*.gn --type-add gn\:\*.gni 
--type-add gyp\:\*.gyp --type-add gyp\:\*.gypi --no-heading --type all -e 
AUTH_MODULE_DIR

src/auth/Makefile.am:42:        -DAUTH_MODULE_DIR=\""$(auth_moduledir)"\" \
src/auth/main.c:195:    modules = module_dir_load(AUTH_MODULE_DIR, NULL, 
&mod_set);
src/auth/main.c:226:    modules = module_dir_load_missing(modules, 
AUTH_MODULE_DIR, names,
src/doveadm/doveadm-pw.c:40:    modules = module_dir_load_missing(modules, 
AUTH_MODULE_DIR, NULL, &mod_set);
src/doveadm/Makefile.am:28:     -DAUTH_MODULE_DIR=\""$(moduledir)/auth"\" \

rg finished (5 matches found) at Wed Aug 19 10:35:00
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-*- mode: rg; default-directory: "~/factory/dovecot/" -*-
rg started at Wed Aug 19 11:33:25

/gnu/store/cxy9n8aic4c9zd0r372m6b6yzw3dhcyl-ripgrep-12.1.1/bin/rg --color 
always --colors match:fg:red -n --type-add gn\:\*.gn --type-add gn\:\*.gni 
--type-add gyp\:\*.gyp --type-add gyp\:\*.gypi --no-heading --type all -e 
DOVEADM_MODULEDIR

src/doveadm/doveadm-util.c:36:  modules = module_dir_load_missing(modules, 
DOVEADM_MODULEDIR,
src/doveadm/doveadm-util.c:61:  dir = opendir(DOVEADM_MODULEDIR);
src/doveadm/Makefile.am:29:     -DDOVEADM_MODULEDIR=\""$(doveadm_moduledir)"\" \

rg finished (3 matches found) at Wed Aug 19 11:33:25
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--
Alexey