Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 12:31:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.12.6 install Message-ID: <20021208123113.GB8184@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021207225543.00a65ec0@mail.earthlink.net> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021207225543.00a65ec0@mail.earthlink.net>
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On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:35:20PM -0800, David R. Stegner wrote:
> Wanted, or thought I should upgrade to 8.12.6 to try and learn about
> implement milter stuff.
>
> 1. CVSUP'd Sendmail 8.12.6 port a few days ago.
>
> 2. ran make in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
I assume you also ran 'make install' at some point.
> 3. read and followed the INSTALL instructions and associated README files.
>
>
>
> When I rebooted by system, 8.11.6 was still running.
>
> I can run 8.12.6 manually.
>
> Where I am confused:
>
> 8.11.6 install was
>
> sendmail executable in /usr/libexec/sendmail/
> usr/sbin/sendmail was pointer to /usr/sbin/mailwrapper
> mailer.conf pointed to /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> rc.conf reflected 8.11.6 flags, etc
>
> after 8.12.6 install complete
>
> sendmail executable in /usr/local/sbin/
What about mailwrapper ? The port installation should have generated a
new /etc/mail/mailer.conf file for you, redirecting everything to the
newly installed /usr/local/libexec/sendmail
Plus have you looked at the
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/{sendmail.sh.sample,sm-client.sh.sample} scripts,
customized them as necessary and renamed them without the .sample
suffix? [Remember that with sendmail 8.12.x you're going to be
running two instances of sendmail: the sm-mta and sm-msp processes]
> Is 4.4R too old to use 8.12.6 port?
It's possible, but I'd guess unlikely. Ports are only officially
required to work on supported releases, recent versions of 4-STABLE
and 5-CURRENT. However, they will generally work on slightly older
versions, like yours. sendmail-8.12.6 itself should run fine: the
problem would probably be with incompatibilities during the port
installation.
> Is port install supposed to update rc.conf?
As I understand it, you should use the /usr/local/etc/rc.d startup
scripts to start the ports version of sendmail, and disable sendmail
within /etc/rc.conf. If your system is sufficiently up to date that
/etc/rc.sendmail has all the correct knobs for starting up sendmail
MTA and MSP stuff then you could use that mechanism instead, but in
that case, you've probably already got sendmail 8.12.x in the base
system, so why install the port? (Well, to answer my own rhetoric,
unless you want the Cyrus SASL stuff: see
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+4913+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-security/20020922.freebsd-security).
In either case, installing the port won't make any modifications to
/etc/rc.conf.
> Is port install supposed to utilize mailwrapper.
Yes. There's a 'mailer.conf' target in the port Makefile that should
have set things up for you.
> In desperation I tried std port install instructions:
>
> Make in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
>
> Make install in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
>
> Received the following:
>
> ===> Installing for sendmail-8.12.6_1
> if ! pw groupshow smmsp; then pw groupadd smmsp -g 25; fi
> smmsp:*:25:
> if ! pw usershow smmsp; then pw useradd smmsp -g smmsp -u 25 -h - -d
> /nonexiste
> nt -s /nonexistent -c "Sendmail Queue"; fi
> smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Queue:/nonexistent:/nonexistent
> @dirrm share/sendmail: not found
> *** Error code 127
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/mail/sendmail.
This looks to me like the source of the problem. The install fell
over before it had completely finished. Something to do with
installing the m4 sources etc. under /usr/local/share/sendmail. You
need to get that install to run to completion before you can properly
use the new sendmail.
What does:
pkg_info -g sendmail\*
say? What is there in /usr/local/share/sendmail ? If it's not there
at all, have you tried:
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/sendmail
first and then retried the installation? That really shouldn't be
necessary: probably something that broke between 4.4 and 4.7 --- if
it's reproducible on an up to date system, it would be worth a PR.
If this is the only sendmail version you've ever installed from
ports, then you may find the use of FORCE_PKG_REGISTER helpful:
cd /usr/ports/mail/sendmail
make install FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=yes
That will over-write a previously installed sendmail package without
quibbling, so use carefully.
Cheers,
Matthew
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