sendmail local daemon mode (PSARC 2008/298)

[Ceri Davies]

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 09:16:55AM -0700, John Beck wrote:

> The use of this new argument will replace the earlier use of "-C
> /etc/mail/local.cf" introduced by PSARC 2004/368, which added unneeded
> complexity.  Now we can go back to having a single config file for
> incoming connections, rather than the overly complex "use local.cf if
> config/local_only is in effect; use sendmail.cf otherwise" paradigm.
> As a result of this simplification, PSARC 2008/042 is hereby amended:
> path_to_local_mc is removed as an interface.  Note that 2008/042 has not
> yet been integrated, so there are no compatibility issues introduced by
> removing this interface at this time.  As for the local.cf stuff from
> PSARC 2004/368, that was an implementation detail that did not rise to
> the level of being an interface.

It did require admins to be aware of it though; how will the change be
communicated?  Will existing local.cf files get removed by a patch or
similar?

Ceri
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