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Date:      Tue, 10 Dec 2002 02:54:58 -0800
From:      "David R. Stegner" <dstegner@earthlink.net>
To:        dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer), questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail 8.12.6 install
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20021210022431.00a76560@mail.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <HhM9iwA0tr@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20021207225543.00a65ec0@mail.earthlink.net>

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Dirk,

Thank You for the response.

I think I am close.

You were right on with the CVSUP /usr/posrt/Mk.  I CVSUP'd ports-base and 
make install runs in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
without any complaints.

I now received the message you spoke of:

as the message tells:
[...]
---------------------------------------------------
To activate sendmail as your default mailer, call the target 'mailer.conf':
/usr/ports/mail/sendmail$ make mailer.conf

And this worked fine..


My last point of confusion:

I do not know what to do about rc.conf, defaults/rc.conf, 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d, etc.

As it stands now I have changed flags in /etc/rc.conf

as the message tells:
[...]

in FreeBSD-RELEASE < 4.6 set your flags in /etc/rc.conf:
sendmail_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q1m"


When I reboot my system, only the msp portion starts.

Do I need to use the shell scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d? and what do I do 
with them to start automatic??

Do I need to disable sendmail in rc.conf as Mathew Seaman indicated in his 
response?

  DRS

At 02:11 PM 12/8/02 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote:
>Hi David R. Stegner,
> > 1.  CVSUP'd Sendmail 8.12.6 port a few days ago.
> > 2.  ran make in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
> > 3.  read and followed the INSTALL instructions and associated README files.
> >
> > When I rebooted by system, 8.11.6 was still running.
>
>you forgot to do:
># cd /usr/ports/mail/sendmail && make mailer.conf
>
> > I can run 8.12.6 manually.
> > Where I am confused:
> > 8.11.6 install was
> >          sendmail executable in /usr/libexec/sendmail/
> >          usr/sbin/sendmail was pointer to /usr/sbin/mailwrapper
> >          mailer.conf pointed to /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> >          rc.conf reflected 8.11.6 flags, etc
>
>This is sendmail in the base installation.
>
> > after 8.12.6 install complete
> >          sendmail executable in /usr/local/sbin/
>
>
>This is a ports installation.
>
> > Is 4.4R too old to use 8.12.6 port?
>
>no.
>
> > Is port install supposed to update rc.conf?
>
>no.
>You must update mailer.conf by hand, or by "make mailer.conf"
>
> > Is port install supposed to utilize mailwrapper.
>
>yes.
>
>as the message tells:
>[...]
>---------------------------------------------------
>To activate sendmail as your default mailer, call the target 'mailer.conf':
>/usr/ports/mail/sendmail$ make mailer.conf
>
>Your '/etc/mail/mailer.conf' should look like this:
>#
>[...]
>
> > Make install in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
> > Received the following:
> >
> > ===>  Installing for sendmail-8.12.6_1
>[...]
> > smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Queue:/nonexistent:/nonexistent
> > @dirrm share/sendmail: not found
> > *** Error code 127
>
>please check:
>
># make -V ECHO_CMD
>echo
>
>if this does not show, please cvsup "/usr/ports/Mk".
>
>kind regards Dirk
>
>- Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany
>- [dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org],[dirk.meyer@guug.de],[dinoex@FreeBSD.org]

David R. Stegner, CDP

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