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open-sendmail


Information about the package, open-sendmail, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The open-sendmail package is designed for, Additional m4 files used to generate sendmail.cf.


Package Name:

open-sendmail

Summary:

Additional m4 files used to generate sendmail.cf

Description:

Open-Sendmail is the open development of additional m4 files used to generate and enhance sendmail.cf. The project contains sendmail goodies previously provided at anfi.homeunix.net and additional items.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0

Release:

0.1.20090107cvs.el6

Size:

18 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Sendmail



Handy Yum Commands for open-sendmail


Control the open-sendmail package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install open-sendmail

This command will install open-sendmail on the server.

yum remove open-sendmail

This command will un-install open-sendmail on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove open-sendmail, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove open-sendmail

This command will un-install open-sendmail on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove open-sendmail when using the -y flag.

yum update open-sendmail

This command will update open-sendmail to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove open-sendmail, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update open-sendmail

This command will update open-sendmail to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove open-sendmail when using the -y flag.

yum info open-sendmail

This command will show you core information about the open-sendmail package.

yum deplist open-sendmail

This command will show you the dependencies for open-sendmail. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update open-sendmail

This command will check if there is an update waiting on open-sendmail. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.