INSTALL revision 71345 
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2			Installing sendmail
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4Note: as of sendmail 8.9, a new build architecture is in place that allows
5you to use the "Build" shell script in any of the program directories.
6On many environments this will do everything for you, no fuss, no muss.
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81. Read all the README files noted in the INTRODUCTION section of the README
9   file in this top-level directory.
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112. Create any necessary site configuration build files, as noted in
12   devtools/Site/README.
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143. In the sendmail/ directory, run "sh Build" (see sendmail/README for
15   details).
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174. Change to the cf/cf/ directory (that's not a typo): Copy whichever .mc
18   file best matches your environment to config.mc, where config can be any
19   name.  Next, tailor it as explained in cf/README.  Then run
20   "sh Build config.cf".
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225. Back up your current /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and the sendmail binary (whose
23   location varies from operating system to operating system, but is usually
24   in /usr/sbin or /usr/lib).
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266. Install config.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and install the sendmail binary
27   built in step 3 by cd-ing back to sendmail/ and running "sh Build install".
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297. For each of the associated sendmail utilities (makemap, mailstats, etc.),
30   read the README in the utility's directory.  When you are ready to install
31   it, back up your installed version and type "sh Build install".
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338. If you are upgrading from an older version of sendmail and are using any
34   database maps, be sure to rebuild them with the new version of makemap,
35   in case you are now using a different (and thereby incompatible) version
36   of Berkeley DB.
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38$Revision: 8.3.16.2 $, Last updated $Date: 2000/12/30 06:24:03 $
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