Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:01:45 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: bas <idunno@iceblue.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading sendmail Message-ID: <20031015130145.GA1037@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0310151304420.1672@ZEALOOT-LAPTOP> References: <Pine.WNT.4.58.0310151304420.1672@ZEALOOT-LAPTOP>
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On 2003-10-15 13:09, bas <idunno@iceblue.nl> wrote: > i am thinking of upgrading my base sendmail 8.12.8 (the one that came > with FreeBSD 4.8) to the one in the ports collection , which is now > 8.12.10. mainly because there are some security issues from 8.12.8 and > i thought upgrading the whole thing would be easier than patching the > source and all. Maybe yes, maybe no. Apparently a lot of the security fixes have been merged back to RELENG_4[1], so you might find it easier to just CVSup and rebuild your base-system sendmail. I've been away for quite some time, but before you start the port installation check & verify that it is really necessary. See also -------- [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/contrib/sendmail/src/parseaddr.c
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