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Subject: Re: make restart receives strange output (solved)
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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:54:46 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote
> Noah wrote:
> 
> >sendmail-8.12.3
> >FreeBSD-4.9
> >
> >
> >can somebody please explain to me why "Restarting:--: not found" is displayed
> >when I restart sendmail?   this started recently.
> >
> >
> >--- snip ---
> >
> ># cd /etc/mail
> ># make restart
> >Restarting:--: not found
> > sendmail sendmail-clientmqueue.
> ># 
> >
> >--- snip ---
> >
> >and from /etc/mail/Makefile
> >
> >--- snip ---
> >
> >#
> ># $FreeBSD: src/etc/mail/Makefile,v 1.9.2.26 2004/06/06 17:29:48 gshapiro Exp $
> >#
> ># This Makefile provides an easy way to generate the configuration
> ># file and database maps for the sendmail(8) daemon.
> >#
> >
> >
> >---- snip ---
> >
> >
> >
> >cheers,
> >
> >Noah
> >  
> >
> 
> I'm inclined to think that in editing either an .mc/.cf file
> or the Makefile, someone has left an errant character
> or other symbol.  Or, it could be in the .rc script itself.
> 
> But it's impossible (for me, anyway) to know without
> more information (like looking into those files, for example).


okay I found the problem.  the following line was in the rc.conf file.


--- snip ---

 -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Wed Aug  7 07:02:37 2002

--- snip ---

cheers,

Noah



> 
> Kevin Kinsey
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