From c22a309c557c0b1a00b7fe6e541623270ec2692e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:09:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about /etc/aliases moving /etc/mail/aliases and the problems that causes in updating. Submitted by: Robert Watson [[ NB: marko and I are trying an experiment: he'll try to fix typos quickly in UPDATING, while I concentrate on content. ]] --- UPDATING | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 6175fe86f2b1..4949046e796b 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON ITEMS:' +20000904: + A new issue with the sendmail upgrade has come to light. + /etc/aliases has moved to /etc/mail/aliases. Mergemaster will + incorrectly install the default aliases in /etc/mail rather than + move the old one from /etc. So you'll need to manually move the + file, create a symbolic link, remove the old /etc/aliases.db and + run newaliases. For safety sake, you should stop sendmail + while doing this and run the upgrade when locally sourced email + is not likely to be generated. + 20000825: /boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to succeed. You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture