Bug 67387

Summary:	postfix: symlink from sendmail.postfix to sendmail is not created
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <jam>
Component:	chkconfig	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	CC:	bero, rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2002-06-24 04:13:04 UTC

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Description of problem:
if sendmail is not in use, /usr/sbin/sendmail will not exist.

postfix installs /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix.

postfix rpm does *not* install a symlink to sendmail:

ln -s /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix sendmail



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.upgrade to rh 7.3
2.attempt to send email from mutt or elm
3.
	

Actual Results:  mail programs such as mutt cease to work correctly for outbound
mail if /usr/sbin/sendmail does not exist.


Expected Results:  a symlink needs to be created at install time iff sendmail is
not in use.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2002-06-24 11:41:51 UTC

/sbin/alternatives messing up?

Comment 2 Leonard den Ottolander 2004-03-11 15:34:23 UTC

The problem is that the 7.2 /usr/sbin/sendmail binary is in the way
when /usr/sbin/alternatives tries to create the symlink. The old
binary only gets erased after the new mta is installed.

Comment 3 Leonard den Ottolander 2004-03-11 15:56:46 UTC

Closing as a duplicate of bug 104940 as that bug describes the issue
more clearly.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104940 ***

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:49:08 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.