> Thanks for your note. Did you run a "make upgrade" after 
> upgrading FreeBSD 4.9 to the latest patch?
> 
> "make tidy" deletes the executables and requires a complete 
> rebuild. And after a rebuild, the error output of a "make 
> upgrade" gives a decent response...
> ".
> .
> .
> .
> Skipping /usr/sbin/postmap...
> Skipping /usr/sbin/postsuper...
> Skipping /usr/sbin/postdrop...
> Skipping /usr/sbin/postqueue...
> Skipping /usr/sbin/sendmail...
> Updating /usr/bin/newaliases...
> 
> mv: cannot resolve 
> /var/tmp/downloads/postfix-2.0.19-20040312/junk: /var/tmp/usr 
> postfix-install: Error: your mv command has trouble renaming 
> symlinks. 
> If you run Linux, upgrade to GNU fileutils-4.0 or better, 
> or choose a tempdir that is in the same file system as 
> /usr/bin/newaliases. 
> If you run FreeBSD, upgrade to version 5 or better. 
> *** Error code 1 
> 

I vaguely recall this happening to me. Is your /tmp folder
a link to /var/tmp. If it is then create a /usr/tmp folder
and symlink /tmp to there. I think this is what I had to
do.. HTH

Scott.


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