Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:50:03 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@jaxon.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/16721: 4.0 upgrade clobbers qmail package Message-ID: <200002150550.VAA70591@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@jaxon.net>
To: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/16721: 4.0 upgrade clobbers qmail package
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:42:20 -0800
On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 08:35:15PM -0800, Bill Trost wrote:
>
> Upgrade was from a snapshot of 3.4-stable, probably from December.
>
> >Description:
>
> When FreeBSD is upgraded, sendmail is installed on top of the qmail
> installation. This wouldn't be a big problem if it didn't actually
> try to start delivering mail (and failing miserably, at least for me).
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
>
> Uhh...I'd start by installing the qmail port, and then upgrading
> FreeBSD. (-:
>
> >Fix:
>
> Remove spoon from cup. Reinstalling the qmail port after deinstalling
> it seems to clear things up.
>
> Really, I don't know what the right solution is. One big help might
> be a warning to the effect of "hey, dummy, sendmail is a symlink --
> if you use some other MTA, you might make sure to reinstall it before
> going into multi-user mode."
>
> Don't forget rmail, too -- that was the one that bit me (although it
> is not technically part of qmail).
Actually what you want to do is edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf to point to
qmail's replacement for the sendmail programs.
-Chris
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