topic Re: sendmail patch - PHNE_28809 in Operating System - HP-UX

sendmail patch - PHNE_28809

John Henrikson — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:25:38 GMT

Hello,
When I try to install the above patch using swinstall I get the following error:
/usr/sbin/sendmail has been replaced by a softlink
to another file. This may be due to a version of
the " sendmail(1m) 811 special release upgrade "
product being enabled on the system.
PHNE_28809 cannot be installed until newer versions
of sendmail are disabled.

Can anyone tell me how I should go about doing this?
Many thanks!!
John H.

Re: sendmail patch - PHNE_28809

Stefan Farrelly — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:30:57 GMT

I seem to remember we had this problem. Simply;

1. /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
2. rm /usr/sbin/sendmail

Then install the patch.

Re: sendmail patch - PHNE_28809

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:32:43 GMT

Hi John:

From the patch text for PHNE_28809:

/begin_quote/

When installing sendmail there was no check to see whether there is a link from sendmail binary to some other file. So when sendmail is installed in this situation, it overwrites the other file. Resolution: Now check is done in the patch script. It gives an error message during the installation of the patch, it the link exists and stops the installation. The user needs to manually remove the softlink and then start the installation again. This will avoid overwriting of the linked file.

/end_quote/

Regards!

...JRF...