Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:33:24 +0200 From: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer) To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice: Upgrading Sendmail on FreeBSD Message-ID: <oJ36VRpclx@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> References: <20021012090620.S15224-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Jamie schrieb:, > Hi, wasn't sure if this belonged in a Sendmail board or here. I am > running Sendmail 8.11.6 on FreeBSD 4.5. I want to upgrade to 8.12.6. This > is going to be on a production machine so I am a bit nervous about it. > Here are my questions: > > 1) If I install it from ports, will it over-write and replace the original > installation, or is there something special I should do? no, you can switch between the old buildin and the new installation. by changing /etc/mail/mailer.conf. > 2) Would anyone advise that I build it from source in /usr/src instead of > using ports on an upgrade? It's less work to use the port, quicker to update too. > 3) Is there anything else I may want to bear in mind? /etc/make.conf: SENDMAIL_CF_DIR=/usr/local/share/sendmail/cf kind regards Dirk - Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany - [dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org],[dirk.meyer@guug.de],[dinoex@FreeBSD.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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