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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
# SUCH DAMAGE.
#
-# @(#)READ_ME 8.112 (Berkeley) 11/18/95
+# @(#)READ_ME 8.113 (Berkeley) 11/29/95
#
This directory contains the source files for sendmail.
@@ -576,6 +576,16 @@ GCC 2.7.x problems
problems. I recommend against using -O on that architecture. This
has been seen on FreeBSD 2.0.5 RELEASE.
+Configuration file location
+ Up to 8.6, sendmail tried to find the sendmail.cf file in the same
+ place as the vendors had put it, even when this was obviously
+ stupid. As of 8.7, sendmail ALWAYS looks for /etc/sendmail.cf.
+ You can get sendmail to use the stupid vendor .cf location by
+ adding -DUSE_VENDOR_CF_PATH during compilation, but this may break
+ support programs and scripts that need to find sendmail.cf. You
+ are STRONGLY urged to use symbolic links if you want to use the
+ vendor location rather than changing the location in the sendmail
+ binary.
SunOS 4.x (Solaris 1.x)
You may have to use -lresolv on SunOS. However, beware that
@@ -1180,4 +1190,4 @@ version.c The version number and information about this
Eric Allman
-(Version 8.112, last update 11/18/95 08:44:31)
+(Version 8.113, last update 11/29/95 11:05:14)
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