Did grep change it's syntax? I need to know...

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Derek Martin wrote:

>> Berkeley DB version mismatch: compiled against 4.1.25, run-time linked
>> against 4.3.27
>>
>> What the heck does THAT mean?
>
> Well, the only program you're executing that's linked against Berkely
> DB is sendmail (called indirectly by /bin/mail):

CRAP! Derek, you figured it out for me. In FC1, I compiled my own sendmail
to get the latest version...8.14.5. So, when FC4 upgraded my machine,
it saw I had a "current" version, and happily ignored it, even though it 
won't work.

Phew!

> $ ldd `which grep`
>
> So... it may mean that sendmail is failing to execute because you have
> a version mismatch.  Have you tried updating your system lately?

(Bangs head against wall, shattering the wall) Sigh. Yes. Wow, do I
feel dumb.

>  You
> can try testing this out by running sendmail on the command line.
> Something like this might make a nice test:
>
>  $ sendmail address at example.com
>  From: user at example.com
>  To: address at example.com
>
>  This is a test.
>  .
>
> The actual addresses in the headers that you type don't really matter,
> so long as you *do not* specify the -t option to sendmail.
>
> Do you get the same messages?

Yep. But I "downgraded"/reinstalled and it works great. Thanks!

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