> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Walsh
> Sent: 12 September 2000 10:39
> To: 'Paul Slootman'
> Subject: RE: [Exim] Replacing the sendmail packages in Solaris 7 or 8
> with Exim
>
>
> >Hmm, my standards must be dropping, as I didn't recall having to do
> >anything "sordid". Move /usr/lib/sendmail out of way, replace the
> >init.d script, check the crontabs for sendmail stuff, and then drop
> >in exim. This was on 2.6. I can't say that I had trouble with it
> >being overwritten by any patches, although one _does_ need to be on
> >one's toes at those times. Making /usr/lib/sendmail a symlink helps.
>
>
> The only time patches are likely to be a concern is when sendmail itself
> is included in the patch. I've been caught out a couple of times when
> I've applied a patch which promptly puts /usr/lib/sendmail in place and
> oh-so-kindly re-installs /etc/init.d/sendmail and the symlink
> /etc/rc2.d/S88sendmail. So, the advice I'd give is this:
>
> symlink /usr/lib/sendmail to your exim binary then, if applying patches,
> check /usr/lib/sendmail after they've been applied and re-instate the
> symlink if necessary, then remove S88sendmail before rebooting.
>
> >> One would need one's own /etc/init.d & /etc/rc?.d members (no bad
> thing)
>
> >I borrowed the ones from the debian exim package.
>
> I just took a copy of /etc/init.d/sendmail and modified it to start up the
> exim binary, calling it /etc/rc2.d/S88Exim. As a footnote to this, I know
> that everyone's systems are different, but how about having the Exim
> distribution create a suitable startup script (to suit the native O/S)
> which could be installed when make install is run?
>
> Paul Walsh
>
> Senior Systems Programmer, Information Services,
> University of Central England, BIRMINGHAM B42 2SU, UK
> Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5708 Fax: +44 (0)121 356 2875
>
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