Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:20:03 -0800 (PST) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/17254: mailwrapper links & NO_SENDMAIL=yes Message-ID: <200003072320.PAA93694@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/17254; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/17254: mailwrapper links & NO_SENDMAIL=yes Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 01:17:32 +0200 On 07 Mar 2000 22:11:14 GMT, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr wrote: > I'm using qmail on 4.0, and the 'make world' thing keeps > overwriting the symlink of /usr/sbin/sendmail pointing to the > qmail wrapper /var/qmail/bin/sendmail. Don't fight it. Learn to point mailwrapper at qmail. See the mailwrapper(8) manual page. > I've tracked this to the SYMLINKS= line in the Makefile of > /usr/src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/ and tested a small patch that > will inhibit the creation of SYMLINKS if NO_SENDMAIL=yes. Actually, most folks who have NO_SENDMAIL=yes actually _want_ the mailwrapper program. Have a look at what it does; I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. :-) Ciao Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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