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[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 22:28, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:19, Jonathan T. Steadman wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 21:37, Craig White wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 14:38, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 21:51, Mike Chambers wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 14:34 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > After making the change, while still in /etc/mail, type
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   make -C /etc/mail
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > When that finishes
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   /sbin/service sendmail restart
> > > > > 
> > > > > Actually, just the above command is all you need to do, not both.
> > > > > service command will take care of the make -c stuff automatically.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Mike Chambers
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Mike,
> > > > 
> > > > Exactly where in the code for the service command does it call the make
> > > > command??
> > > > 
> > > > I looked through that code and I see nowhere that it does anything other
> > > > than call the init script to manage the services.  And I KNOW that
> > > > /etc/init.d/sendmail does not call a make command itself.
> > > > 
> > > > Unless you can point to the exact portion of code that does this I will
> > > > continue to believe that I must do the "make -C /etc/sendmail" command
> > > > myself and will recommend to others that they do the same.
> > > ---
> > > cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail
> > > 
> > > you are looking too deep.
> > > 
> > > Craig
> > > 
> > I guess it doesn't matter to much, my problem was solved, and if the
> > only consequence was that I might have to type the extra 15 characters
> > apprx.(make -C /etc/mail) to do the same thing, it was O.K. by me saved
> > me much grief, in trying to guess blindly about how to accomplish what I
> > wanted accomplished.  So anyways Thanks again to all who helped out on
> > this one, I am running dovecot/sendmail and am happy all is well ;).
> ----
> my comment was to Jeff - I didn't help you at all but would have. You
> got help from some of the best people on this list...Jeff V, Mike C,
> etc.
> 
> The interesting thing is that even though some of us think we know a
> lot, we are always learning too - I think Jeff will attend to this. I
> know that I learn a lot by reading through the emails on this list.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Craig
> 

Yah, I guess I need more sleep.  I see it now but completely overlooked
it yesterday.

And yes, just by staying current with this list I learn a lot of
things.  That is why I asked Mike where it was. ;-)

Thanks to all for the wakeup.  :-)