From: mouss (usebsdfree.fr)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2006 - 13:22:24 CDT

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postfixthevine.net wrote:
>> postfixthevine.net wrote:
>>
>>> Darn, I'm always suspicious of things like that. I run:
>>> # find / -type f -name postfix -ls
>>>
>>> And get below (the stuff in the installs directory is the installation
>>> files, should have no effect?)
>>> I guess I have a "mixed" installation? How does one repair this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> (Please don't top post).
>>
>>
>>> I also tried
>>> /usr/bin/postfix -c /etc/postfix-out upgrade-configuration
>>> Which looks like the 2.3.3 install, but get the same error, so there
>>>
> must be
>
>>> some other references happening.
>>>
>>>
>> try
>> # /path/to/postconf mail_version
>> with different values for /path/to (/usr/sbin and /usr/bin) to see which
>> is which. then remove the old binaries (postfix, postconf, postqueue,
>> postcat, ... etc). In the mean time, you can also adjust your PATH to
>> force the use of the recent postfix binaries.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the outstanding help.
>>>
>>> 14467 0 -rw-rw---- 1 postfix postfix 0 Apr 2 2004
>>> /var/spool/mail/postfix
>>> 1015859 336 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 339250 Oct 13 18:40
>>> /usr/bin/postfix
>>> 31870 260 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 259932 Apr 2 2004
>>> /usr/sbin/postfix
>>> 101416 260 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 259932 Apr 2 2004
>>>
>>>
>
> #/usr/bin/postconf mail_version
> mail_version = 2.3.3
> # /usr/sbin/postconf mail_version
> mail_version = 2.0.19
>
> # dir /usr/sbin/post* shows these files:
>
> postalias postdrop postlog
> postcat postfix postmap
> postcof2 postkick postqueue
> postconf postlock postsuper
>
> These are the files that should be deleted?
>
>

I don't want you to hate me for the rest of time! So just rename them:

# for f in /usr/sbin/post*; do mv $f $f.OLD; done

only delete them once you feel confident.

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