Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:39:58 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports, CVS, base install, and sendmail Message-ID: <15008.1310.570401.610292@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <102188660@toto.iv>
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Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> types: > I went out and bought the 4.0-R from compUSA, installed that using the basic install with X. I've been > keeping up to date with cvsup so now I'm running 4.2-Stable. The problem is, is there a way I can get > rid of sendmail from my system as in remove it with somethign like "pkg_delete" as it does not show up > in pkg_info, I cannot delete it [I want to try running qmail] Also I'm wondering the same thing about perl > and the various other programs installed in the base system, how would one go about removing them > from the system? Or my current delima, yes I can disable sendmail, in rc.conf and make.conf, but all > it's crap is still out there on the system [yes I can probably get rid of most of it manually], how do people > that use qmail/postfix/other mailer deal with this? Your text would be easier to read (and hence generate more answers) if you wrapped the lines before 80 characters, instead of out at 120. Anyway, once you've disabled building it via make.conf and starting it via rc.conf, edit mailer.conf(5) to use the tools you want. You can then ignore the rest. Or delete parts of it if you want, but be careful - /usr/sbin/sendmail is *not* part of sendmail! > cvsup/make world question: When I do cvsup with tag=RELENG_4 and ports all, i get the new ports > layout and update to the current stable branch of the 4.x series, then when i do make buildworld, i'm > confused: Does it also rebuild all the ports I have installed with the bug fixes or does it only rebuild > those base programs that came with the system? If it only rebuilds the base programs that came with > the system ok, so to update ports I have to manually do pkg_info ....ahh this port needs update etc.? No, rebuilding after supping doesn't rebuild any of the ports. You can either rebuild them all (which might be useful if the compiler or something equally fundamental has changed), or use pkg_version -c to generate a shell script to recompile them. Note that this script *must* be edited by hand! It even inserts an "exit" at the top to prevent you from running it as is. Finally, if you set weekly_status_pkg_enable to "YES" in /etc/periodic.conf, you'll get a weekly list of ports that have been updated since you installed them. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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