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Bug 1225891 - makemap support in alternatives
Summary: makemap support in alternatives
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: sendmail
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Škarvada
QA Contact: Roman Žilka
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1219178
Blocks: 1400961
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-05-28 11:52 UTC by Jaroslav Škarvada
Modified: 2017-08-01 12:42 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: sendmail-8.14.7-5.el7
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Doc Text:
Clone Of: 1219178
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-08-01 12:42:36 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Proposed fix (3.85 KB, patch)
2015-05-28 12:24 UTC, Jaroslav Škarvada 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:2197 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE sendmail bug fix and enhancement update 2017-08-01 16:09:20 UTC

Description Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-05-28 11:52:30 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1219178 +++

Description of problem:
Sendmail doesn't use alternatives mechanism for "makemap" and its man file. There are other maildaemons (e.g., opensmtpd) which already consider that other mailers could have their own implementations of such utilities. It's expected that sendmail would do the same.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Current version in rawhide

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install sendmail and opensmtpd
2. Switch current mta to opensmtpd and back to sendmail using alternatives:
     /usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.opensmtpd
     /usr/sbin/alternatives --set mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail

Actual results:
Unlike other components, every time "makemap" points to the sendmail version.

Expected results:
Symbolic link to "makemap" and man-page should be adjusted accordingly.

Additional info:
Can be solved with adding some alternative-specific lines into spec.
E.g., the appropriate opensmtpd lines are:

 --slave %{_sbindir}/makemap mta-makemap %{_sbindir}/makemap.opensmtpd \
 --slave %{_mandir}/man1/makemap.1.gz mta-makemapman %{_mandir}/man8/makemap.opensmtpd.8.gz

--- Additional comment from Jaroslav Škarvada on 2015-05-27 22:54:29 CEST ---

I used alternatives as you proposed. I also had to use the following hack:

%pre
[ -h %{_sbindir}/makemap ] || rm -f %{_sbindir}/makemap || :
[ -h %{_mandir}/man8/makemap.8.gz ] || rm -f %{_mandir}/man8/makemap.8.gz || :

Otherwise it is not possible to convert to alternatives by simply upgrading.

--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2015-05-28 12:37:03 CEST ---

sendmail-8.15.1-5.fc22 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 22.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/sendmail-8.15.1-5.fc22

--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2015-05-28 12:37:24 CEST ---

sendmail-8.14.9-6.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/sendmail-8.14.9-6.fc21
Comment 1 Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-05-28 12:24:08 UTC 
Created attachment 1031261 [details]
Proposed fix
Comment 4 Roman Žilka 2017-05-11 14:57:35 UTC 
QA: Verified on all archs.

********** sendmail-8.14.7-4.el7 (faulty)
# alternatives --display mta | grep makemap
# 

********** sendmail-8.14.7-5.el7 (fixed)
# alternatives --display mta | grep makemap | grep sendmail
 slave mta-makemap: /usr/sbin/makemap.sendmail
 slave mta-makemapman: /usr/share/man/man8/makemap.sendmail.8.gz
#
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 12:42:36 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2197
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