Package: sendmail
Version: 8.13.3-6
The update_mk script will overwrite /etc/mail/Makefile even if
HANDS_OFF is set to Yes and thus will make a number of other files
(notably /etc/mail/sendmail.cf) be replaced as well as a side effect
when make is run in /etc/mail.
This is due to a bug in Parse_conf.pm, where read_conf() starts
with (line 150):
sub read_conf {
my ($input_file) = @_ || $Parse_conf::Conffile;
update_mk will call read_conf by passing the config file via the
first argument. The expression
@_ || $Parse_conf::Conffile;
will force @_ to be evaluated in scalar context and therefore returns
"1" (the number of elements in @_) rather than the filename. Therefore,
whenever read_conf() is called with more than zero arguments
input_file will contain "1" and read_conf will therefore fall back
to some builtin configuration, *not* to the configuration in the
config file.
BTW: Even with HANDS_OFF="Yes" update_mk will remove /etc/mail/Makefile,
which is not exactly what one understands under
"Do *NOT* touch the configuration"
I *do* want to have /etc/mail/Makefile, but I do *not* want update_mk
to ever touch (or remove) it. I know, this is a pity, since you spend
much effort in order to implement a great number of automagic
configuration things.
Kind regards,
Tom Aeby
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