quoting from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf:
# HANDS_OFF="No"; Binary Do *NOT* touch the configuration
# Set this *ONLY* if you are going to be fully responsible for the entire
# setup of sendmail - the directories, permissions, databases, etc. With
# this variable set to "Yes", nothi
That disclaimer is of limited use for people who bring their own sendmail.cf. ;-) It's a very old and possibly bad
habit, but it has not been a problem for many years, and I don't even see the point of rebuilding the file unless there
was an update to the m4 stuff. Maybe "make" can be limited to
On 2016-11-08 16:33, Thomas Auge wrote:
> in a recent development, updates started overwriting sendmail.cf, now it
> seems a rebuild is forced on every startup. It's completely unexpected with
> grave implications. Please do not overwrite modified configuration files
> without asking.
Something th
The SysV init script runs "make all", which rebuilds sendmail.cf. Interestingly it only gets overwritten on about half
of our systems, even though there are no obvious differences.
Package: sendmail-cf
Version: 8.14.4-8+deb8u1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
in a recent development, updates started overwriting sendmail.cf, now it
seems a rebuild is forced on every startup. It's completely unexpected with
grave implications. Please do not overwrite modified configuratio
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