> > > > > > # install -c -m freebsd.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > > > > > > Install: Invalid file mode: freebsd.cf > > > > > > Has anyone else experienced this during their sendmail upgrade? > > > > > > > > > > Does the file /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk exist? > > > > > > > > > > If yes, does it contain a definition of SHAREMODE? > > > > > > > > > > % grep SHAREMODE /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk > > > > > # SHAREMODE ASCII text file mode. [${NOBINMODE}] > > > > > SHAREMODE?= ${NOBINMODE} > > > > > > > > It certainly does. The entry is laid out exactly as you have it above. > > > > The Makefile appears to be a binary, for reasons unknown to me, but that > > > > is besides the point. Can I just copy a new makefile over from a different > > > > box, or am I headed in the wrong direction with this? > > > > > > Have you upgraded recently? Did you run mergemaster after installworld? > > > What is the output of the following command? > > > > > > $ diff -u /etc/mail/Makefile /usr/src/etc/mail/Makefile > > > > Yes I just upgraded last week. 4.3->RELENG_4. > > > > I did do mergemaster, but only on the password file. > > I will copy the latter file to /etc/mail and give it a test. > > > > Thanks. >
> Nice :) > > You should really run mergemaster and let it merge all the necessary > changes to /etc though. Not just the password file. I will play with this on a test box, but not on production. Looks like it is trying to merge some lines that I am not overly confident will produce successful results. Steve > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message