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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/READ_ME b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/READ_ME index 779f8281c615e..afeac1bc7eb6e 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/READ_ME +++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/READ_ME @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ # OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF # SUCH DAMAGE. # -# @(#)READ_ME 8.125 (Berkeley) 10/18/96 +# @(#)READ_ME 8.130 (Berkeley) 11/10/96 # This directory contains the source files for sendmail. @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ LDAPMAP Lightweight Directory Lookup Protocol support. You will this flag. >>> NOTE WELL for NEWDB support: it is CRITICAL that you remove ndbm.o ->>> from libdb.a and ndbm.h from the appropriate include directories if +>>> from libdb.a before you install it and DO NOT install ndbm.h if >>> you want to get ndbm support. If you don't delete these, there is >>> absolutely no point to including -DNDBM, since it will just get you >>> another (inferior) API to the same format database. These files @@ -355,11 +355,20 @@ LA_TYPE The type of load average your kernel supports. These the dg_sys_info system call. LA_HPUX (10) is an HP-UX specific version that uses the pstat_getdynamic system call. + LA_IRIX6 (11) is an IRIX 6.x specific version that adapts + to 32 or 64 bit kernels; it is otherwise very similar + to LA_INT. + LA_KSTAT (12) uses the (Solaris-specific) kstat(3k) + implementation. + LA_DEVSHORT (13) reads a short from a system file (default: + /dev/table/avenrun) and scales it in the same manner + as LA_SHORT. LA_INT, LA_SHORT, LA_FLOAT, and LA_READKSYM have several other parameters that they try to divine: the name of your kernel, the name of the variable in the kernel to examine, the number of bits of precision in a fixed point load average, - and so forth. + and so forth. LA_DEVSHORT uses _PATH_AVENRUN to find the + device to be read to find the load average. In desperation, use LA_ZERO. The actual code is in conf.c -- it can be tweaked if you are brave. FSHIFT For LA_INT, LA_SHORT, and LA_READKSYM, this is the number @@ -809,6 +818,26 @@ IRIX the developers' option in order to get the necessary include files. + If you compile with -lmalloc (the fast memory allocator), you may + get warning messages such as the following: + + ld32: WARNING 85: definition of _calloc in /usr/lib32/libmalloc.so + preempts that definition in /usr/lib32/mips3/libc.so. + ld32: WARNING 85: definition of _malloc in /usr/lib32/libmalloc.so + preempts that definition in /usr/lib32/mips3/libc.so. + ld32: WARNING 85: definition of _realloc in /usr/lib32/libmalloc.so + preempts that definition in /usr/lib32/mips3/libc.so. + ld32: WARNING 85: definition of _free in /usr/lib32/libmalloc.so + preempts that definition in /usr/lib32/mips3/libc.so. + ld32: WARNING 85: definition of _cfree in /usr/lib32/libmalloc.so + preempts that definition in /usr/lib32/mips3/libc.so. + + These are unavoidable and innocuous -- just ignore them. + + According to Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov>, there is a version of the + Berkeley db library patched to run on Irix 6.2 available from + http://reality.sgi.com/ariel/db-1.85-irix.tar.Z . + NeXT or NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP 3.3 and earlier ship with the old DBM library. You will need to acquire the new Berkeley DB from ftp.cs.berkeley.edu. @@ -1348,4 +1377,4 @@ version.c The version number and information about this Eric Allman -(Version 8.125, last update 10/18/96 07:32:40) +(Version 8.130, last update 11/10/96 11:15:30) |