daily run output

[Matthew Seaman]

On 23/04/2016 13:07, Carmel wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:29:11 +0100, Matthew Seaman stated:
> 
>> On 23/04/2016 10:27, Carmel wrote:
>>> The "daily run output" has been displaying this message:
>>>
>>> mailwrapper: no mapping in /usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf
>>>
>>> This is the mailer.conf file:
>>>
>>> #
>>> # Execute the Postfix sendmail program,
>>> named /usr/local/sbin/sendmail #
>>> sendmail	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>>> send-mail	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>>> mailq		/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>>> newaliases	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>>>
>>> I a running postfix without any problems on a FreeBSD-11 machine. Is
>>> this something I should worry about?  
>>
>> As I recall, this is to do with a change from ports modifying
>> /etc/mail/mailer.conf  in the base system, instead moving that file to
>> /usr/local/sbin/mail/mailer.conf  It's a new thing, and only in
>> 11-CURRENT so far.  Looks like there are still a few rough edges -- but
>> if postfix is working for you, then I don't think this message is
>> anything more than an annoyance.  You should come to expect these sort
>> of things if you run the bleeding edge development version of the OS.
> 
> Okay, let me see if I am following you correctly.
> 
> This is the "/etc/mail/mailer.conf" file:
> 
> # $FreeBSD: head/etc/mail/mailer.conf 93858 2002-04-05 04:25:14Z
> gshapiro $ #
> # Execute the "real" sendmail program,
> named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail #
> sendmail	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> send-mail	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> mailq		/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> newaliases	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> hoststat	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> purgestat	/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> 
> And this is the "/usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf" file:
> #
> # Execute the Postfix sendmail program, named /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> #
> sendmail	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> send-mail	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> mailq		/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> newaliases	/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> 
> So, it is obvious that the port modified the
> "/usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf" file. Are you impling that I should
> replace the "/etc/mail/mailer.conf" file with the
> "/usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf" file?
> 

No.   You can do what you like with the mailer.conf files, but you don't
*need* to do anything.  All I am stating is that you can ignore the
warning message.

	Matthew

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