Sendmail - Revision history

DX-MON: Finally made the manual pages "build" correctly

2011-11-20T02:43:29Z

Finally made the manual pages "build" correctly

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:43, 20 November 2011
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	define(`confCC',`gcc')		define(`confCC',`gcc')
	define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')		define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
	define(`confNROFF',`~~groff~~')		define(`confNROFF',`cat')
			define(`confMANDOC',`')
	EOF;		EOF;

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	define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')		define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
	define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64/')		define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64/')
	define(`confNROFF',`~~groff~~')		define(`confNROFF',`cat')
			define(`confMANDOC',`')
	EOF;		EOF;

DX-MON: Fixed an error in the libdir path as sendmail requires a trailing / to be present for it to be interpreted right

2011-11-20T01:37:17Z

Fixed an error in the libdir path as sendmail requires a trailing / to be present for it to be interpreted right

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:37, 20 November 2011
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	define(`confCCOPTS',`-fPIC -DPIC')		define(`confCCOPTS',`-fPIC -DPIC')
	define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')		define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
	define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64')		define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64/')
	define(`confNROFF',`groff')		define(`confNROFF',`groff')
	EOF;		EOF;

DX-MON: Corrected the configuration commands as the confNROFF default is incorrect for CLFS boxes

2011-11-19T21:18:25Z

Corrected the configuration commands as the confNROFF default is incorrect for CLFS boxes

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:18, 19 November 2011
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	define(`confCC',`gcc')		define(`confCC',`gcc')
	define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')		define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
			define(`confNROFF',`groff')
	EOF;		EOF;

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	define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')		define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
	define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64')		define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64')
			define(`confNROFF',`groff')
	EOF;		EOF;

DX-MON: Initial submission of the instructions on building Sendmail

2011-11-18T18:07:46Z

Initial submission of the instructions on building Sendmail

New page

{| style="text-align: left; background-color: AliceBlue;"
|-
!Download Source:
| http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/sendmail.8.14.5.tar.gz
|}

----

{{Package-Introduction|The sendmail package contains an open-source MTA. It is useful for sending emails via the command line and with PHP's mail() function|http://www.sendmail.org/}}

== Creating the Sendmail User/Group ==

groupadd -g 38 smmsp &&
useradd -c "Sendmail" -d /dev/null -g smmsp \
-s /bin/false -u 38 smmsp

== Non-Multilib ==

Configure the package:

cat <<<"EOF"
define(`confCC',`gcc')
define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
EOF;

Compile the package:

./Build

Install the package:

./Build install

== Multilib ==

'''''This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.'''''

=== 64Bit ===

Configure the package:

cat <<<"EOF"
define(`confCC',`gcc -m64')
define(`confCCOPTS',`-fPIC -DPIC')
define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64')
EOF;

Compile the package:

./Build

Install the package:

./Build install

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