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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:33:24 +0200
From:      dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer)
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Advice: Upgrading Sendmail on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <oJ36VRpclx@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org>
References:  <20021012090620.S15224-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>

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Jamie schrieb:,

>     Hi, wasn't sure if this belonged in a Sendmail board or here. I am
> running Sendmail 8.11.6 on FreeBSD 4.5. I want to upgrade to 8.12.6. This
> is going to be on a production machine so I am a bit nervous about it.
> Here are my questions:
> 
> 1) If I install it from ports, will it over-write and replace the original
> installation, or is there something special I should do?

no, you can switch between the old buildin and the new installation.
by changing /etc/mail/mailer.conf.

> 2) Would anyone advise that I build it from source in /usr/src instead of
> using ports on an upgrade?

It's less work to use the port, quicker to update too.

> 3) Is there anything else I may want to bear in mind?

/etc/make.conf:
SENDMAIL_CF_DIR=/usr/local/share/sendmail/cf

kind regards Dirk

- Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany
- [dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org],[dirk.meyer@guug.de],[dinoex@FreeBSD.org]

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