Re: sendmail update left me in a fix

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i did install the first package too and after restarting it gave some errors which were easily fixed by adding a few settings to the old mc file and rebuilding the cf file from it.

can anybody advise me on what steps to take in order to have the second package install without to many problems?

thanks!



From: Eric Rostetter <rostetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: sendmail update left me in a fix
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:28:03 -0500


Just to point out some potential issues (depending on upgrade paths, etc).

Some old sendmail configurations kept files in /etc/ while newer configurations
keep these files in /etc/mail/ instead.  A similar problem might exist for
some files moved from /etc/ or /etc/mail/ to /var/run et al.  These changes
might cause problems?  Some people might have files linked or copied in
multiple places because of these changes (thinking they were providing
backwards compatibility or such) and this could really cause problems.

In addition, the upgrade might have moved the base mc files on old systems
which would cause the sendmail.mc file not to compile.  If something does
a "blind" update of sendmail.cf from sendmail.mc without checking for errors,
it could produce a broken sendmail.cf file.

I've not seen any of these problems with the latest sendmail package (but
I've also not tested it much) but I did see some of these issues with the
first sendmail update...

IMHO, almost all the problems were caused by the first package, not the
second package.  The problem is everyone rushed to install the first
package, and the if so, the second package can't undo all the problems
the first one created...

--
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

Go Longhorns!

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