>> >>Yup, perl is to old to understand character classes
>> >>
>> >>> sendmail is "8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-8".
>How about:
> 1) mkdir <sandbox>
> 2) cd <sandbox>
> 3) apt-get source sendmail/unstable
> 4) cd sendmail*
> 5) dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
> 6) dpkg --install ../*.deb
<...>
Automagically regenerate the sendmail.cf configuration file? (Y/n)
Saving old /etc/mail/sendmail.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.old ...
Updating sendmail environment ...
Checking {sendmail,submit}.mc and related databases...
Can't locate warnings.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
/usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/sendmail/parse_mc line 26.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sendmail/parse_mc line 26.
<...>
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 327: settimeout: invalid timeout auth
<...>
Start sendmail now? (Y/n)
Starting Mail Transport Agent: /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 309: settimeout:
invalid timeout auth
<...>
dpkg: error processing sendmail (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 70
Errors were encountered while processing:
sendmail
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@wz:/usr/local/src/sendmail/sendmail-8.12.0# ps ax | grep sendm
3871 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/sendmail -i -FCronDaemon -odi -oem root
29452 ttyp6 S 0:00 grep sendm
root@wz:/usr/local/src/sendmail/sendmail-8.12.0# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
Any more hints? Pleeease ;-)
cheers+tia,
&rw
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