Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:22:11 -0700 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/31134: /etc/rc doesn't allow you to specify a different sendmail daemon Message-ID: <20011008132210.A34324@rand.tgd.net> In-Reply-To: <20011008184157.A1900@hades.hell.gr>; from "charon@labs.gr" on Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at = 06:41:57PM References: <200110081230.f98CU2D82798@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011008184157.A1900@hades.hell.gr>
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> > > The sendmail.cf thing might be a real issue, but I've never seen any harm > > > in just leaving it there, and I've never actually removed it :) > > > > I'm confused as to why it'd be an issue to remove the sendmail.cf, but > > I'll have to take your word on it: sendmail hasn't been in my repretoir > > for quite some time. <:~) Thanks. -sc > > Ideally you would be able to just remove the file, but that would > require changes in rc.conf like: > > sendmail_require_cf="YES" > > and code in /etc/rc that only checks for sendmail.cf if the variable > sendmail_require_cf is set to YES. On the other hand, if it really > bugs you to have /etc/mail/sendmail.cf you can create it as an empty > file, and let /etc/rc fall through the existing check. How about I submit a more extensive patch set that checks the source tree and changes /etc/sendmail.cf to use the sendmail_enable variable. I'm not particularly fond of the idea of having program specific stuff hardwired into FreeBSD's boot process. Objections? -sc -- Sean Chittenden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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