From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 28 18:07:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A512A106566C for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com (asmtpout024.mac.com [17.148.16.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D51A8FC08 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:39 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp024.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KWY0093LYC4Q450@asmtp024.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:07:18 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1001280137 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20100128171124.GF60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:07:16 -0800 Message-id: References: <20100128165916.GD60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100128171124.GF60207@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, utisoft@gmail.com Subject: Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:39 -0000 On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered >> whenever freebsd.mc is updated? > > I see.. so you are saying that freebsd.mc shouldn't even be > touched at all, all local chages should be made straight > to local .mc? Please see /etc/mail/Makefile: # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # This Makefile uses `.mc' as the default MTA .mc file. This # can be changed by defining SENDMAIL_MC in /etc/make.conf, e.g.: # # SENDMAIL_MC=/etc/mail/myconfig.mc # # If '.mc' does not exist, it is created using 'freebsd.mc' # as a template. Regards, -- -Chuck