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From: mrj@stratus.UUCP (Michael R. Jordan)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: how to compile sendmail on System V?
Message-ID: <874@stratus.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 88 14:35:12 GMT
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Reply-To: mrj@stratus.UUCP (Michael R. Jordan)
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In article <372@ditka.UUCP> kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) writes:
>Now, the question comes up of how to build it for System V, specifically
>a UNIX PC.  I played around with it a bit, turning off most features to
>avoid obvious Berkeleyisms, but it still won't go.  Any suggestions on
>an easy way to do this, or is it guaranteed hard labor?  (No, I don't
>*need* it, just wanted something else to hack on.)

One thing that I remember is that you need to watch out for open being called
with a null string.  The meaning is different between System V and BSD.