Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:05:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to upgrade sendmail in next OS release Message-ID: <471C59E2.2020302@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200710211528.l9LFSVH3054251@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200710211528.l9LFSVH3054251@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> I don't want to build out of ports because it is set up not to
> override the base install.
Actually, I think your perception is incorrect here. If you want
sendmail-8.14.1 on a FreeBSD 6.x system, then installing it out of ports
really is the best and easiest way to go. There's no need to overwrite
what the base system installs -- because of the way mailwrapper works,
/usr/sbin/sendmail will refer to the ports version automatically.
The ports version of sendmail is a pretty seamless drop in for the
system version. You don't even need to use the startup scripts the port
installs in /usr/local/etc/rc.d Instead, if you add the following to
/etc/make.conf you can use the standard /etc/rc.d/sendmail start/stop
scripts and all the machinery in /etc/mail for turning .mc into .cf files:
SENDMAIL_CF_DIR= /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf
MAKEMAP= /usr/local/sbin/makemap
Cheers,
Matthew
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7 Priory Courtyard
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Kent, CT11 9PW, UK
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