Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:05:46 -0500 From: "Edward Shabotinsky" <lanshark@bsinet.net> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Advice: Upgrading Sendmail on FreeBSD Message-ID: <025001c27200$d80b2250$0201a8c0@stranger> References: <20021012090620.S15224-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Building from ports will put all files in /usr/local/.. and original files is in /usr from src will replace original files except scripts in /etc ( i think = ..) run on some test box and see. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Edward Shabotinsky eshabot@bsinet.net Systems Engineer BriteSite Internet www.britesite.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Jamie" <jamie@gnulife.org> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 09:12 Subject: Advice: Upgrading Sendmail on FreeBSD >=20 >=20 >=20 > 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: >=20 >=20 > 1) If I install it from ports, will it over-write and replace the = original > installation, or is there something special I should do? >=20 > 2) Would anyone advise that I build it from source in /usr/src instead = of > using ports on an upgrade? >=20 > 3) Is there anything else I may want to bear in mind? >=20 > Thanks! >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > "There are only 10 types of people in the world: > those who understand binary and those who don't." >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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