Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:46:45 -0500 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A couple of questions related to the sendmail patch, etc. Message-ID: <200303052046.45305.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <20030305102703.GA20405@gothmog.gr> References: <002f01c2e25f$2087b3d0$aeb423cf@3bagsmedia> <200303042238.14556.taxman@acd.net> <20030305102703.GA20405@gothmog.gr>
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On Wednesday 05 March 2003 05:27 am, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-03-04 22:38, taxman <taxman@acd.net> wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 March 2003 01:08 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2003-03-04 10:02, Phillip Smith <lists@3bags.com> wrote: > > > : A couple of quick questions... > > > : > > > : I've downloaded the 8.11.6 patch from sendmail.org, and used the > > > : instructions they provided > > > : [patch -p0 < /PATH/TO/sendmail.8.11.6.security.cr.patch], which then > > > : prompts me for 'which file to patch.' I'm not clear on which file I > > > : _need_ to patch? Or where it would be. > > > > > > You should run the patch command with /usr/src/contrib/sendmail as > > > your current working directory. > > > > I don't run sendmail at all, but I would like to learn how to apply > > the patch. doing: > > patch -p0 < /home/tim/sendmail.8.12.security.cr.patch > > in the above directory still gives the "File to patch:" prompt > > What else needs to be done to apply the patch? > > Hmmm, sorry for the confusion. I didn't read the patch carefully. > The correct way of applying it for 8.11.x is: > > # cd /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/src > # patch -p1 < /PATH/TO/sendmail.8.11.6.security.cr.patch Thanks Giorgos, that worked for the patch for 8.12.6 too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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