#1126851 sendmail: cdb Makefile not working properly

#1126851#5
Date:
2026-02-02 13:19:44 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

I am using the 8.18.1-8 version from experimental with CDB support
enabled.

I noticed the following: The build includes support for db5.3, which is
used by default unless declared otherwise in the .mc files, this might
be related.

The Makefile in /etc/mail produces the following:

root@deb-test:~# LANG=C make -C /etc/mail
make: Entering directory '/etc/mail'
Makefile:225: warning: overriding recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:222: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:259: warning: overriding recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:225: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:259: warning: overriding recipe for target 'cdb'
Makefile:222: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'cdb'
Makefile:262: warning: overriding recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:259: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'cdb.db'
Makefile:291: warning: overriding recipe for target 'cdb'
Makefile:259: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'cdb'
Creating cdb
Updating auth ...
sasl2-bin not installed, not configuring sendmail support.

To enable sendmail SASL2 support at a later date, invoke "/usr/share/sendmail/update_auth"

Creating /etc/mail/relay-domains
# Optional file...
Updating ALIAS_FILE ...
/etc/mail/aliases: 2 aliases, longest 28 bytes, 43 bytes total
The following file(s) have changed:
  /etc/mail/relay-domains
** ** You should issue `/etc/init.d/sendmail reload` ** **
make: Leaving directory '/etc/mail'
root@deb-test:~#

The access.db file is not being created, as it should.

Please let me know if you need further info from my system.