Date: 22 Nov 2002 14:15:53 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrading sendmail to 8.12.6 Message-ID: <44k7j5iffa.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <8A952552-FE3D-11D6-A7BA-00039368B8EC@mindspring.com> References: <8A952552-FE3D-11D6-A7BA-00039368B8EC@mindspring.com>
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Michelle Weeks <tristan11@mindspring.com> writes: > I am running freebsd 4.6.2-Release and would like to upgrade sendmail > from 8.12.3 to 8.12.6. I tried using make and make install from > /usr/ports/mail/sendmail and then restarted sendmail using the killall > -HUP command. However, when I telnet to localhost port 25, it shows > that 8.12.3 is still running. Am I missing a step or do I need to > delete the older version of sendmail before installing the newer > version? No, what you need is to actually stop the old process and then start the new executable. SIGHUP just tells it to (if I recall correctly) re-read its configuration. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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