Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:02:14 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> To: Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Update + Sendmail Message-ID: <52026176.40807@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20130807141948.GA78527@noc.ntua.gr> References: <5200FE0E.8506.5CB69E@lausts.acm.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1308061113030.28510@io-tx.com> <52016A8D.14552.95D18@lausts.acm.org> <52016E15.1020507@FreeBSD.org> <20130807141948.GA78527@noc.ntua.gr>
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On 07/08/2013 15:19, Panagiotis Christias wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 10:43:49PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 06/08/2013 22:28, Thomas Laus wrote: >>> I like the 'sendmail from ports' suggestion a little better. Going this >>> route, I only need to make configuration changes to /etc/mail/mailer.conf >>> once. All subsequent freebsd-update operations won't require rebuilding >>> sendmail and it's tools. Any updates to the port version are covered by the >>> normal port update system. Future updates to the port version only require a >>> 'make restart' in the /etc/mail directory after reviewing my .mc file for any >>> affected changes. >> >> If you're using the ports version of sendmail, a handy tip is to add >> this to /etc/make.conf: >> >> SENDMAIL_CF_DIR= /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf >> MAKEMAP= /usr/local/sbin/makemap >> >> so you use a version of the sendmail M4 config bits that matches the >> sendmail binary you're running, and you can use /etc/mail/Makefile to >> generate and install the configs exactly as if you were using the base >> system sendmail. > > > Indeed, plus: > > SENDMAIL=/usr/local/sbin/sendmail > > And in /etc/rc.conf: > > sendmail_program="/usr/local/sbin/sendmail" /etc/mail/mailer.conf does that bit for you. Cheers, Matthew
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