Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:35:51 +0100 From: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, tristan11@mindspring.com (Michelle Weeks) Subject: Re: upgrading sendmail from ports was Re: Sendmail patch questions... Message-ID: <DaicWXx1h6@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030304084333.01bcf248@mail.servplex.com> <B6845004-4E80-11D7-8E77-00039368B8EC@mindspring.com>
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Michelle Weeks wrote: > I would like to upgrade sendmail from the ports collections. However, > I have been using sendmail 8.12.6 from the base install of freebsd > 4.6.2 release and I believe that installing sendmail from the ports > collection will add files to > /usr/local rather then /usr where sendmail is currently located. From > the research I've done after I install sendmail from the ports > collection, I will need to add the following lines to sendmail.mc file: > > define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/local/libexec')dnl > define(`UUCP_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/local/bin/uux')dnl to get an up-to-date configuration you should add in /etc/make.conf: SENDMAIL_CF_DIR= %%PREFIX%%/share/sendmail/cf before building your cf files $ mv /etc/mail/*.cf /tmp/ $ cd /etc/mail && make > as well as change the mailer.conf file. right the port can update your mailer.cof with: $ cd /usr/ports/mail/sendmail && amke mailer.conf > Am I missing any other steps? Any help would be greatly appreciated > since this is my first attempt at upgrading sendmail. Thats all you need, as you already have a sendmail 8.12.x config. 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-questions" in the body of the message
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