From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Feb 14 21:49:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9671F4183 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:49:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id VAA70591; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:50:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002150550.VAA70591@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Chris Piazza Subject: Re: bin/16721: 4.0 upgrade clobbers qmail package Reply-To: Chris Piazza Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/16721; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Piazza To: Bill Trost 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 -- cpiazza@jaxon.net cpiazza@FreeBSD.org Abbotsford, BC, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message