Re: postfix & rc.conf entry

[Yozo TODA <yozo_(_at_)_v007_(_dot_)_vaio_(_dot_)_ne_(_dot_)_jp>]

I don't have any experience with postfix, but...

> I commented the sendmail part in /etc/rc and added the following in
> /etc/rc.conf

you can use /etc/rc.conf.local for additional local configuration.
see man page rc.conf(8).

> and in /etc/rc right after the commented sendmail part:
> 
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/postfix ]; then
>    /usr/sbin/postfix ${postfix_flags} > /dev/null 2>&1
>    echo -n ' postfix';
> fi

is it necessary?  my understanding is,
installation of postfix (pkg_add and executing postfix-enable) replaces
/etc/mailer.conf, so, /usr/sbin/sendmail (mailwrapper) invokes postfix.

-- yozo.