Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:59:16 +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf files. Imagine I > then update freebsd.mc. When I run make nothing happens. What I think > should happen is that local .mc should be updated and then .cf > generated. > > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete local .mc files > and all .cf files before running make. Or merge your local changes *into* the "local.mc" file. For example, I have several dozen lines of local customizations in "HOSTNAME.mc" here: r...@kobe:/etc/mail# diff -u freebsd.mc kobe.mc | diffstat -p1 kobe.mc | 167 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) I would be very annoyed if updating freebsd.mc clobbered these :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered >> whenever freebsd.mc is updated? > > I see.. so you are saying that freebsd.mc shouldn't even be > touched at all, all local chages should be made straight > to local .mc? Please see /etc/mail/Makefile: # # This Makefile uses `.mc' as the default MTA .mc file. This # can be changed by defining SENDMAIL_MC in /etc/make.conf, e.g.: # # SENDMAIL_MC=/etc/mail/myconfig.mc # # If '.mc' does not exist, it is created using 'freebsd.mc' # as a template. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:03:26PM +, Chris Rees wrote: > On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > > to ask why. > > > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make > > nothing happens. What I think should happen is that > > local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated. > > > > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete > > local .mc files and all .cf files before running make. > > > > Any comments? > > > > many thanks > > anton > > > > Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered > whenever freebsd.mc is updated? I see.. so you are saying that freebsd.mc shouldn't even be touched at all, all local chages should be made straight to local .mc? thank you -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: make doesn't see changes in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
On 28 January 2010 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I've seen this behaviour for years, but never bothered > to ask why. > > Imagine I already have in /etc/mail local .mc and .cf > files. Imagine I then update freebsd.mc. When I run make > nothing happens. What I think should happen is that > local .mc should be updated and then .cf generated. > > Because of this behaviour I have to manually delete > local .mc files and all .cf files before running make. > > Any comments? > > many thanks > anton > Because your carefully crafted local .mc files shouldn't be clobbered whenever freebsd.mc is updated? Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
