Ports Vs Base

 
Hi All:

I have a question about sendmail.

Initially, when I installed FreeBSD, I installed sendmail
from the base
system. I then proceeded to stay up to date on base by
updating my
source tree, and going through the "make world"
process. I also stayed
up to date within ports, by updating my ports tree, and
doing a
portupgrade -a (keeping all the updated ports sources/apps
current)

In the interim, I have had the need to de-install the base
version of
sendmail, and install the ports version. I had to do this to
allow my
server to communicate with my ISP's SMTP server via SSL.
(this may or
may not be true, but installing the ports sendmail fixed my
connectivity problems).

OK, I am now ready to "buile world" again, and
possibly upgrade my
entire system to 6.2.

My question is this: If I now upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE-p10
FreeBSD
6.1-RELEASE-p10 to the latest/greatest (possibly even
6.2-RELEASE) .....
will my sendmail revert to the base system or remain at the
latest
installed ports version?
 
The confusing part of this is obviously the fact that
sendmail exists
in both ports and in base.... (this probably shouldn't be?)
 
Can I safely do a make world, and expect my sendmail to
remain at the
same ports version? My partner, who uses my W/S as her
smart-host on
our internal ship-board network, will hang me by my petards
from the
yard arm if her mail is disrupted for any extended period of
time. I
may even be downgraded from Captain to deck-hand, and be
given 20 lashes
at the mast! (could be fun, but could be embarrassing as
well).
  
Best Regards
Bob
Aboard the M/V Tamara-B




 
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Bob writes:

>  My question is this: If I now upgrade from
6.1-RELEASE-p10
>  FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 to the latest/greatest
(possibly even
>  6.2-RELEASE) .....  will my sendmail revert to the
base system or
>  remain at the latest installed ports version?

	grepped from my /etc/make.conf:

#NO_SENDMAIL=   true


						Robert Huff
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:20:14 -0500
Robert Huff <roberthuffrcn.com> wrote:

> 
> Bob writes:
> 
> >  My question is this: If I now upgrade from
6.1-RELEASE-p10
> >  FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 to the latest/greatest
(possibly even
> >  6.2-RELEASE) .....  will my sendmail revert to
the base system or
> >  remain at the latest installed ports version?
> 
> 	grepped from my /etc/make.conf:
> 
> #NO_SENDMAIL=   true
> 
 
Wonderful! And makes sense! Tell /etc/make.conf: not to
compile
sendmail as part of base So, it will be included in the new
ports
install. This is what I had hoped for. But the nd-docs did
not make it
all that  clear.
 
Gracias!!!!
 
Bob

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