If newaliases were linked to /usr/sbin/exim then when you ran newaliases then the output would simply be:
Well I'm sorry, but I did this but I have had that output. It does not give any output on every server and vps:
Code:
[root@vps: ~]# newaliases
[root@vps: ~]#
I have checked several full servers and several vpss and they all show newaliases being installed by da_exim rpm.
That can well be the case, but I'm als only stating facts like it's present on my servers.
I'm not saying I don't believe you, but it seems you don't believe me. I freshly installed a VPS and newaliases was NOT installed anywhere!
So I checked 3 servers, being 2 dedi's and 1 VPS and they all have newaliases linked as stated in my reply #3 here. 2 of those servers were recently freshly installed (october last year).
Concluding: I'm not saying I don't believe you.
The yum provides newaliases command, indeed shows the same output as your output da_exim-4.87-1.x86_64 : Mail Transfer Agent.
Still, if you want you can have a look at my servers, I've not touched them and all show:
Code:
[root@server23: ~]# cd /usr/bin
[root@server23: /usr/bin]# ls -al newaliases
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 8 21:08 newaliases -> ../sbin/exim
So beats me why mine are all links, I don't know, but I don't lie about these things. Or do you claim this is not a symlink?
Again, if you want you can have a look at my servers, I believe you, but I also don't know why it's different on yours.
Now have a look at the output of my VPS without newaliases, with exim by DA installed:
Code:
[root@server: ~]# yum provides newaliases
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Excluding mirror: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
* base: mirror.alpha-labs.net
* extras: mirror.checkdomain.de
* updates: mirror.alpha-labs.net
extras/7/x86_64/filelists_db | 207 kB 00:00:00
2:postfix-2.10.1-7.el7.x86_64 : Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Repo : base
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/bin/newaliases
as you can see... none installed at all, no da_exim-4.87 rpm either.
However, exim is installed and working. Build by DA.
So again..;. as stated before, there is an issue with fresh installs that the newaliases command is not installed. I even ran a "./build all d" yesterday and it was not installed.
Maybe it has to do with the mirror. I'm using files6 on this vps. The files6 had some issues a while ago with an incomplete mysql, so one never knows. However, this still would not explain why I've got symlinks (as shown) on all other servers while the repo output says "installed".
Beats me.