Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:01:14 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating Sendmail Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010824115419.05759280@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010824093513.048b8dc0@localhost> References: <E15aIrX-0001Ur-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk> <Your message of "Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:36:47 %2B0800." <3.0.32.20010824233647.0076a230@smtp.magix.com.sg>
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At 09:40 AM 8/24/01 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>At 09:27 AM 8/24/2001, David Pick wrote:
>
> >Sorry, I think (now) Brett was asking how to build sendmail
> >*as included in the base OS* without doing a full OS build.
> >I don't know the answer to that one.
>
>The other thing I don't want to do is clobber vital files on
Just a thought and not sure if it will work. But what about nfs mounting
/usr/src and /usr/obj from another upto date machine.
cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail
make depend
make
make install
---Mike
>a working server or take the server down for very long. Installing
>Sendmail from scratch, or even rebuilding it, could clobber the
>.mc, .cf, aliases, et cetera. (Yes, I plan to back these up, but
>it'd be nice if there were an upgrade procedure that would eliminate
>the need for this.) It'd be nice to replace the binary, kill the
>task, restart, and go... nice and quick, so that users don't
>notice and no mail is lost or delayed appreciably.
>
>--Brett
>
>
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