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Date:      13 Jan 2003 09:38:58 +1000
From:      Duncan Anker <d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com>
To:        Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail
Message-ID:  <1042414738.1458.6.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030110130358.GN1196@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
References:  <20030105134445.H96646-100000@dean.goepp.net> <447kdiz6f1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1041897164.11871.21.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com> <20030110130358.GN1196@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 23:03, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com / 2003-01-07 09:52:44 +1000:
> > 
> > um ... what's wrong with doing this in /etc/make.conf?
> > 
> > NO_BIND = true
> > NO_OPENSSL = true
> > NO_SENDMAIL = true
> > 
> > and so on.
> > 
> > Seems to be exactly what you want to do
> 
>     No it's not.
> 
>     The issue is more complex: Sendmail + DJB's dnscache
>     + nameserver 127.0.0.1 in /etc/resolv.conf + default means of
>     starting up the software = broken system:

This sounds like a different issue - my suggestion was for how to avoid
putting sendmail into the system when you build it.

Admittedly, after a default install it's already there and you have to
go and remove it, so yes, there should be an installer option for it.

>     
>     1) Sendmail gets started (/etc/rc.sendmail)
>     2) Sendmail looks up it's name (queries 127.0.0.1:53)
>     3) Sendmail gets upset
>     4) dnscache gets started (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/000.svscan.sh)
>     5) too late

If you need to start sendmail after DJB dnscache, you can disable it in
/etc/rc.conf and start it from a local script, no?

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