I am not sure how the patch got mangled but below reflects the
suggested changes - sorry for the noise. BUGS section removed and I
made a note to install sendmail via ports.

Index: mailer.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -p -u -r1.17 mailer.conf.5
--- mailer.conf.5    8 Dec 2015 09:06:32 -0000    1.17
+++ mailer.conf.5    16 Sep 2018 12:06:45 -0000
@@ -76,16 +76,18 @@ newaliases    /usr/sbin/smtpctl
 This example shows how to invoke the traditional
 .Xr sendmail 8
 MTA suite in place of
-.Xr smtpd 8 .
+.Xr smtpd 8 . You will need to install sendmail from ports since it
+is no longer in base.
 .Bd -literal
-# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-sendmail    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-send-mail    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-mailq        /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-makemap     /usr/libexec/sendmail/makemap
-newaliases    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-hoststat    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-purgestat    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
+# Execute the real sendmail program located in
+# /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
+sendmail    /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
+send-mail    /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
+mailq        /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
+makemap     /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/makemap
+newaliases    /usr/local//sendmail/sendmail
+hoststat    /usr/local/sendmail/sendmail
+purgestat    /usr/local/sendmail/sendmail
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mail 1 ,
@@ -95,10 +97,3 @@ purgestat    /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
 .Xr smtpd 8
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Perry E. Metzger Aq Mt [email protected]
-.Sh BUGS
-The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
-Instead, a command for how to submit mail should be standardized,
-and all the "behave differently if invoked with a different name"
-behavior of things like
-.Xr mailq 8
-should go away.

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 6:28 AM Sebastian Benoit  wrote:
>
> Jason McIntyre([email protected]) on 2018.09.16 07:17:24 +0100:
> > On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 09:42:47PM -0400, Matt Schwartz wrote:
> > > Damnit! I forgot one line. Please disregard the previous. Now all
> > > lines of mailer.conf(5) should reflect that sendmail is no longer in
> > > the default install.
> > >
> >
> > i'm ok with this, though the spacing on your diff got mangled and it
> > doesn;t apply.
> >
> > i'd be tempted to remove the text ", named 
> > /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail"
> >
> > anyone want to ok (or commit with my ok)?
>
> ok benno@
>
> possible further improvements:
>
> * maybe we should mention that sendmail is a package that needs tobe
> installed? I dont know if we do that in manpages usually?
>
> * the BUGS section can go away i think, its wishfull thinking because
> these program names are the defacto standard.
>
>
> > jmc
> >
> > > Index: mailer.conf.5
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.17
> > > diff -u -p -u -r1.17 mailer.conf.5
> > > --- mailer.conf.5       8 Dec 2015 09:06:32 -0000       1.17
> > > +++ mailer.conf.5       16 Sep 2018 01:41:53 -0000
> > > @@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ This example shows how to invoke the tra
> > >  MTA suite in place of
> > >  .Xr smtpd 8 .
> > >  .Bd -literal
> > > -# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named 
> > > /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -sendmail       /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -send-mail      /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -mailq          /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -makemap        /usr/libexec/sendmail/makemap
> > > -newaliases     /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -hoststat       /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > -purgestat      /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named
> > > /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +sendmail       /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +send-mail      /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +mailq          /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +makemap        /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/makemap
> > > +newaliases     /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +hoststat       /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > +purgestat      /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > >  .Ed
> > >  .Sh SEE ALSO
> > >  .Xr mail 1 ,
> > >
> > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 9:36 PM Matt Schwartz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Quick correction to the mailer.conf(5) man page. Since sendmail is no
> > > > longer in the default install, the man page has been corrected to
> > > > reflect that the sendmail binary would be in
> > > > /usr/local/libexec/sendmail instead of /usr/libexec/sendmail.
> > > >
> > > > Index: mailer.conf.5
> > > > ===================================================================
> > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5,v
> > > > retrieving revision 1.17
> > > > diff -u -p -u -r1.17 mailer.conf.5
> > > > --- mailer.conf.5       8 Dec 2015 09:06:32 -0000       1.17
> > > > +++ mailer.conf.5       16 Sep 2018 01:34:31 -0000
> > > > @@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ MTA suite in place of
> > > >  .Xr smtpd 8 .
> > > >  .Bd -literal
> > > >  # Execute the "real" sendmail program, named 
> > > > /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -sendmail       /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -send-mail      /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -mailq          /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -makemap        /usr/libexec/sendmail/makemap
> > > > -newaliases     /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -hoststat       /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > -purgestat      /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +sendmail       /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +send-mail      /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +mailq          /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +makemap        /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/makemap
> > > > +newaliases     /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +hoststat       /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > > +purgestat      /usr/local/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> > > >  .Ed
> > > >  .Sh SEE ALSO
> > > >  .Xr mail 1 ,
> > >
> >
>

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