Re: LYNX-DEV Makefile for sco5 and sendmail...

[John DuBois]

The most reliable simple test for whether an OpenServer system is running
MMDF or sendmail is to search for an uncommented smtpd line in /etc/inetd.conf.
If so, it's running MMDF; if not, it's running sendmail (which listens to the
smtp port with its own daemon, rather than letting inetd do it).  Complete
MMDF and sendmail configs can exist on a machine with this being the only
simple indication of which is being used.  Of course, it's possible for MMDF to
be in use without having smtpd configured on a system that doesn't use its smtp
channel, but by default smtpd will be in inetd.conf on all systems running MMDF
even if they don't use the smtp channel.

        John

On Sep 18,  4:35pm, Bela Lubkin wrote:
} Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Makefile for sco5 and sendmail...
} From vagabond.armory.com!filbo Thu Sep 18 09:28:12 1997
} Received: from vagabond.armory.com by deepthought.armory.com id aa25731;
}           18 Sep 97 9:28 PDT
} From: Bela Lubkin <address@hidden>
} Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:35:04 +0000
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} To: address@hidden
} Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Makefile for sco5 and sendmail...
} Cc: address@hidden
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} 
} Boyd Gerber wrote:
} 
} > Add this option please.
} > sco5send   -- for SCO OpenServer Release 5 machines using sendmail
} > 
} > copy sco5, change name to sco5send and remove -DMMDF for the following.
} > 
} > sco5send:
} >     cd WWW/Library/sco; $(MAKE) CC="cc -belf" LYFLAGS="-DNO_FILIO_H \
} >             -DUNIX -DSCO $(SITE_LYDEFS)"
} >     cd src; $(MAKE) all CC="cc -belf" MCFLAGS="-O -s -DNO_FILIO_H -DUNIX \
} >             -DSCO -DFANCY_CURSES -DUTMPX_FOR_UTMP \
} >             -I../$(WWWINC) $(SITE_DEFS)" \
} >             LIBS="-lcurses -lsocket \
} >             $(WAISLIB) $(SOCKSLIB) $(SITE_LIBS)" \
} >             WWWLIB="../WWW/Library/sco/libwww.a"
} 
} This should be handled automatically by the Configure script in the
} current development version of Lynx(*).  The above change would be
} appropriate for the fotemods code set, which isn't using
} autoconfiguration.
} 
} (*)My quick glance at the Configure code for this was not very
} reassuring -- it will often work, but sometimes won't.  I believe
} /usr/mmdf/bin/submit can exist on an OpenServer system even when MMDF
} isn't being used.  (This was ac-0.36, so perhaps it's already been
} changed.)  I'll investigate what better check might be possible.  (One
} idea is to check for the existence of /usr/mmdf/bin/checkaddr, and if
} so, see whether `/usr/mmdf/bin/checkaddr -w root >/dev/null 2>&1` exits
} with a success status.)
} 
} >Bela<
}-- End of excerpt from Bela Lubkin


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