Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:45:41 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail 4.6 fixed binary on 4.5-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <20030304084541.GC6551@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20030303163405.A61214-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <20030303163405.A61214-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:36:02PM -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: > I am using: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:04/sendmail-4.6-i386-crypto.bin.gz > > as a binary replacement for my sendmail binaries on my 4.6.x systems. It > is working fine. > > But what if I use this binary replacement on a 4.5-RELEASE system ? > > Has anyone tested or tried this ? I would assume it would work because I > notice many apps moving gracefully between 4.5 and 4.6, but I wonder if > anyone has any official word - or even a prediction ? It's unlikely that there will be any "official" word that the binary patch you're using will work on releases earlier than 4.6. As the upgrade from sendmail-8.11.6 to sendmail-8.12.x and the corresponding fun'n'games due to dropping the SUID bit on sendmail and the import of /etc/rc.sendmail all occurred between release 4.5 and release 4.6 I doubt that it would work entirely smoothly. It's possible that the patched version might work on a 4.5 system, but don't throw away the old sendmail binary until you're sure. It's probable that you will need to: chmod 4755 /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail (Only on 4.5-RELEASE or prior) and you will see complaints in /var/log/maillog about inconsistent versions of sendmail.cf if it does work at all. Alternatively you could either try installing the ports version of sendmail or cvsup'ing to the latest RELENG_4_5 sources and running a {build,install}world. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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