Subject: Re: turning sendmail into a symlink
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Paul Wain <paul.wain@nc.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/05/1998 10:04:12 
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"Perry E. Metzger" wrote:

> I am proposing that
> /usr/sbin/sendmail turn into a symlink to /usr/sbin/sendmail.real, [...]

> Comments?

Only thay maybe the "real" program be named something different, much like
the way that "X" is symlinked to something descriptive. e.g. sendmail ->
sendmail.8.1.8 (or whatever the current version is).

P.

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"Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I am proposing that
<br>/usr/sbin/sendmail turn into a symlink to /usr/sbin/sendmail.real,
[...]</blockquote>

<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Comments?</blockquote>
Only thay maybe the "real" program be named something different, much like
the way that "X" is symlinked to something descriptive. e.g. sendmail ->
sendmail.8.1.8 (or whatever the current version is).
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