buildworld fails with sendmail

[jason henson]

On 01/02/05 01:31:26, jason henson wrote:
> On 01/02/05 01:17:58, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 06:12:29AM +0000, jason henson wrote:
>> > BARTON# cd /usr/src/etc && make -DNOPROFILE
>> > ===> sendmail
>> > make: don't know how to make freebsd.cf. Stop
>> > *** Error code 2
>> >
>> > Stop in /usr/src/etc.
>> >
>> > I searched the archives and found where  make -n freebsd.cf or  
>> make
>> 
>> > obj, make all would fix it.  No good here.  I also deleted
>> usr/src/etc
>> > and did it again.  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Don't do that :-) Running 'make' in random parts of the source tree
>> isn't supported, that's what 'buildworld' is for.
>> 
>> Kris
>>
> I know and I wouldn't do it at random.  I just have been trouble  
> shooting and wanted to get the error msg easily without waiting on  
> buildworld.  I have done everything by the book, as for the steps go.
> So still no suggestions?  I read on an archive where you had a  
> smilliar/same problem Kris, do you remember it?
> 
> Also are you an android or something, I see you responding to emails  
> 24/7 within minutes.  You are like a paid support team!  Do you ever  
> sleep?
>

I think I got it!  Some more searching revealed a comman problem with  
the standard refuse file having src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc* in it.   
Hopifully this will solve the problem.

Thanks for the help,
Keep up the good work.