Package: sendmail Version: 8.13.2-1
Hi, the upgrade vom debian 8.12 to 8.13 was breaking our sendmail configuration which was working well for years. The reason is that programs like /usr/share/sendmail/update_mk try to analyze the m4 structures to build a list of included files and configuration files to update /etc/mail/databases and /etc/mail/Makefile We do use our own m4 configuration extensions, which have statements like include(CONFIGDIR/something.m4) or define(`confCT_FILE', DBDIR/sendmail.ct) where CONFIGDIR and DBDIR are M4-macros defined elsewhere. This was working pretty well with sendmail for years, and it is still working, since it is allowed to use any m4 macro function. Unfortunately, the debian scripts don't evalute the m4 macros, but simply look for includes and definitions, and thus write CONFIGDIR/something.m4 and DBDIR/sendmail.ct without macroexpansion in the Makefile and /etc/mail/databases. This is a bug. The correct way would be to run the configuration through m4 and trace it to find the included files and take the configuration file paths from the final output (or .cf file). regards Hadmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
