Sendmail on a cripled machine

georgeh · 04-01-2003, 01:04 AM

Hiya all! I have a very crippled RedHat machine that runs SendMail (and only Sendmail). I doesn't have any other software on it. I need to update Sendmail but I can't because I don't have 'make'. I tried to install GCC but RPM keeps complaining about missing dependencies. Does anybody know how to do an install or update on a very crippled machine like mine? Thanks

iceman47 · 04-01-2003, 03:43 AM

Some thoughts:
1. Grab some redhat installation cd's , boot them and choose 'update'
2. Get all the dependencie rpm's manually

3. Get apt for rpm
4. Reinstall the whole system with a newer version

georgeh · 04-01-2003, 09:21 PM

Thanks Iceman, i'll give that a try. I'll need to install a CDROM drive but that is not a drama. When you say choose 'update' and 're-install the whole system with a newer version'. Do you mean re-install the OS/Kernel or just SendMail?

bqh · 04-03-2003, 03:43 PM

I thought you only need make when you need to compile Sendmail.
But if you update it from an already-built version (.rpm), you just
run rpm -U to upgrade it.

That's what I always do.

iceman47 · 04-03-2003, 03:51 PM

I meant reinstalling the whole system,to upgrade everything,but you could upgrade sendmail only like bqh said

georgeh · 04-03-2003, 04:41 PM

Thanks for that info. I know that system does not have 'make' on it but it does have RPM. If I run RPM -u do I need to reconfigure anything or will the config file remain?

iceman47 · 04-03-2003, 05:11 PM

your config file will stay untouched afaik

georgeh · 04-03-2003, 05:13 PM

Thanks iceman, i'll give it a go today. Fingers Crossed!