Hi, Why is new sendmail a nightmare? Very different from 8.9. When I try and do the first build I get this -->

[root@mailgate sendmail]# sh Build
: command not found
: command not found
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
'./devtools/bin/Build: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'./devtools/bin/Build: ../devtools/bin/Build: line 64: ` in


Is it just that the box is so old or am I making a stupid mistake?

Please help!!! THANKS!!!

reed2001uk@yahoo.co.uk

It is because the box is very old. Sheesh!

OK, thanks... but can you be more specific?

I have trouble getting my head around Linux! It's not like I am trying to install Quake 4 on Windows 3.1! (or maybe it is!)

Abandon all hope now or I can update the out of date bits? and how do I do this?

I thought Linux was a nice friendly (updateable) OS!

If it is so old how come 8.9.3 runs ok?
What would be the most up to date version that I can run?

What can't it find? When I ran the top level build it couldn't even find its way back from the little build files?

Surely I am not the only muppet that has had this problem? but there seems to be no enlightenment to be found searching google.

Any constructive advice, please?

Thanks... No, really, THANKS.
Can I die now and get reincarnated as a cat?

oh... top level build output is...

[root@mailgate /]# cd sendmail-8.13.6
[root@mailgate /sendmail-8.13.6]# sh Build
: command not found
: command not found
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/libsm
: command not found
: command not found
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
'./devtools/bin/Build: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'./devtools/bin/Build: ../devtools/bin/Build: line 64: ` in
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/libsmutil
: command not found
: command not found
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
'./devtools/bin/Build: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'./devtools/bin/Build: ../devtools/bin/Build: line 64: ` in
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/libsmdb
: command not found
: command not found
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
'./devtools/bin/Build: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'./devtools/bin/Build: ../devtools/bin/Build: line 64: ` in
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/sendmail
: command not found
: command not found
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
: command not foundld:
'./devtools/bin/Build: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'./devtools/bin/Build: ../devtools/bin/Build: line 64: ` in
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/editmap
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/editmap/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/editmap/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/mail.local
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/mail.local/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/mail.local/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/mailstats
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/mailstats/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/mailstats/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/makemap
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/makemap/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/makemap/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/praliases
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/praliases/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/praliases/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/rmail
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/rmail/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/rmail/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/smrsh
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/smrsh/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/smrsh/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
Making all in:
/sendmail-8.13.6/vacation
: command not found
: command not found
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/vacation/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
./Build: /sendmail-8.13.6/vacation/../devtools/bin/Build: No such file or directory
make: *** [all] Error 1
[root@mailgate /sendmail-8.13.6]#

Now - it is, in principle, possible to update everything in RH9 that you need... basically, read the sticky in the redhat subforum about updating your kernel. It has a list of all the programming things you also need to update. This is a minimum.

The thing is, this has all been done for you already - it's called "fedora" (or CentOS). Which is why the most likely and first suggestion will always be: upgrade to a more recent distro. Especially considering it will likely involve smaller downloads and less time.

It's unusual for anyone to accuse linux of being "freindly" As stated previously, it is possibly, in principle, to update everything - even create your own linux from scratch. However: the best way to go about this is to start with a very up-to-date distro which suits you, then maintain that.

For eg. Updating sendmail in fedora is a matter of typing "yum upgrade sendmail". This is because fedora is in active development and redhat9 is not.

You could try the redhat subforum instead? (What seems to happen is everyone has either been using it for ages and thus updated in increments, or else they've discovered just how difficult it is to keep track of everything in such a complex OS and changed distro.

If you are really keen on Redhat: you have a special and very compelling reason to maintain it - you'll need to state which RH9 you have, there are several varieties depending on where you got it from, and what you have done to update it so far. Like I said - have a look at the sticky on updating the kernel.

Have a look in the build script - especially line 64... and any other lines that appear in there. Check the sendmail website for a list of dependencies (there should be a file in the tarball too).

More on RH9 - the bit on sendmail dosn't help you though.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t=sendmail+RH9

Doh, ok, don't change engine, change whole car! Thanks for the words of wisdom. I suspect that the libs are just tooo old. Line 64 is... "in". Will check dependencies as suggested. Reason is I never set up original box and am therefore reluctant to replace it - it does mail, proxy and firewall. If it ain't broke don't fix it! I wanted to install spamassasin but it wanted an up to date sendmail. That or maybe I can install QMail or something else instead. Got FC5 distro today! Thanks. Cheers. Nice1.

So I couldn't use an alternative distros rpm? Or get it compiled on another machine and copy over? Does the Earth really go round the Sun? THANKS!