Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:52:47 +0300 From: Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Update + Sendmail Message-ID: <20130807155247.GB78527@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <52026176.40807@freebsd.org> 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> <52026176.40807@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 04:02:14PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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. Hm, you are right. -- Panagiotis J. Christias Network Management Center P.Christias@noc.ntua.gr National Technical Univ. of Athens, GREECE
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