Description of problem: Upgrading "sendmail" RPM creates unnecessary "/etc/mail/submit.cf.rpmnew" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): sendmail-8.13.1-3.2.el4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Generate a new "/etc/mail/submit.cf" 2. rpm -Uhv sendmail Actual results: RPM version of "submit.cf" saved as "submit.cf.rpmnew" Expected results: Just create "submint.mc.rpmnew" if necessary. Do not try to install "submit.cf" Additional info: Since "submit.cf" is always regenerated from "submit.mc", there should be no need to include a "submit.cf" with the upgrade package.
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