sendmail patch - PHNE_28809

[John Henrikson]

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/usr/sbin/sendmail has been replaced by a softlink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.

[Stefan Farrelly]

I seem to remember we had this problem. Simply;

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

Then install the patch.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

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...