[gentoo-user] More troubles with major update

[gentoo-user] More troubles with major update

[Harry Putnam]

I'm having a series of problems following a major update from several
mnths ago.

A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail
connections.  That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally.

Sendmail itself has not been updated.... fetchmail has but looking at
the ouput of qlop --list I see `pam' itself, and something called
`pambase' that has been updated several times since Oct 26.

I remember having trouble with pam relates stuff way back somewhere.

Is that likely to be the source of my troubles?

At the end I've listed what pkgs have been updated... but I need a
push at getting to the bottom of the problem.

I'm not interested in switching MTAs and anyway that has not been
altered.  Something else is causing the problem.

A typical refused connection looks like:

(verbose ouput from mailx -v)

  echo date|mailx -v -s test reader
  reader... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
  reader... Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Nothing at all is written to mail.log.  Although logs show many lines
from yesterday and day before that system was overloaded.

  Oct 30 22:28:26 reader sm-mta[1801]: 
     rejecting connections on daemon MSA: load average: 12

Oh, and rsyslog (my system logger) has crashed repeatedly and will not
run.  That was also update, and reinstalled too.

-------        ---------       ---=---       ---------      -------- 

Sorry this list is quite long... the update has stretched over several
days and is really two updates: 

Tue Oct 26 12:11:02 2010 >>> media-libs/libpng-1.4.4
Tue Oct 26 12:11:11 2010 >>> virtual/jpeg-0
Tue Oct 26 12:15:40 2010 >>> net-print/cups-1.4.4-r2
Tue Oct 26 17:30:55 2010 >>> media-libs/gd-2.0.35-r2
Tue Oct 26 17:39:35 2010 >>> media-gfx/graphviz-2.26.3-r2
Tue Oct 26 17:47:14 2010 >>> net-analyzer/ntop-4.0.1
Tue Oct 26 19:52:44 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.14
Tue Oct 26 19:52:44 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.14
Tue Oct 26 19:54:34 2010 >>> sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.35
Tue Oct 26 21:12:21 2010 >>> sys-libs/glibc-2.12.1-r1
Tue Oct 26 21:13:09 2010 >>> app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r1
Tue Oct 26 21:13:32 2010 >>> sys-devel/gnuconfig-20100924
Tue Oct 26 21:19:55 2010 >>> dev-libs/gmp-5.0.1
Tue Oct 26 21:20:45 2010 >>> app-text/libpaper-1.1.24
Tue Oct 26 21:21:01 2010 >>> sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper-10-r1
Tue Oct 26 21:21:49 2010 >>> sys-libs/timezone-data-2010m
Tue Oct 26 21:22:23 2010 >>> sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r1
Tue Oct 26 21:23:25 2010 >>> dev-libs/nspr-4.8.6
Tue Oct 26 21:24:38 2010 >>> sys-fs/fuse-2.8.5
Tue Oct 26 21:34:08 2010 >>> dev-libs/icu-4.4.2
Tue Oct 26 21:35:21 2010 >>> dev-libs/oniguruma-5.9.2
Tue Oct 26 21:35:49 2010 >>> sys-power/acpid-2.0.6
Tue Oct 26 21:36:24 2010 >>> app-arch/cabextract-1.3
Tue Oct 26 21:37:06 2010 >>> net-analyzer/gnu-netcat-0.7.1-r3
Tue Oct 26 21:37:23 2010 >>> app-arch/rar-3.9.3
Tue Oct 26 21:38:00 2010 >>> sys-process/lsof-4.84
Tue Oct 26 21:40:00 2010 >>> sys-devel/m4-1.4.15
Tue Oct 26 21:41:20 2010 >>> sys-apps/sandbox-2.3-r1
Tue Oct 26 21:44:19 2010 >>> dev-libs/mpfr-3.0.0_p3
Tue Oct 26 21:45:10 2010 >>> sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20100815160931
Tue Oct 26 21:46:12 2010 >>> media-libs/libpng-1.2.44
Tue Oct 26 21:46:44 2010 >>> dev-libs/libx86emu-1.1
Tue Oct 26 21:54:37 2010 >>> sys-apps/hwinfo-18.1
Tue Oct 26 21:56:18 2010 >>> dev-util/pkgconfig-0.25-r2
Tue Oct 26 21:57:17 2010 >>> net-libs/libtirpc-0.2.1-r1
Tue Oct 26 22:04:24 2010 >>> sys-libs/ncurses-5.7-r5
Tue Oct 26 22:07:36 2010 >>> app-shells/bash-4.1_p9
Tue Oct 26 22:09:29 2010 >>> net-ftp/ncftp-3.2.4.1
Tue Oct 26 22:09:58 2010 >>> sys-apps/ed-1.5
Tue Oct 26 22:10:35 2010 >>> sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.12-r1
Tue Oct 26 22:11:01 2010 >>> sys-apps/debianutils-3.4.1
Tue Oct 26 22:11:22 2010 >>> app-emacs/lua-mode-20100617-r1
Tue Oct 26 22:31:37 2010 >>> dev-lang/perl-5.12.2-r1
Tue Oct 26 22:31:55 2010 >>> app-admin/perl-cleaner-2.6
Tue Oct 26 22:32:27 2010 >>> sys-devel/autoconf-2.68
Tue Oct 26 22:32:56 2010 >>> perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:33:27 2010 >>> perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:33:56 2010 >>> perl-core/File-Spec-3.33
Tue Oct 26 22:34:30 2010 >>> dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.40
Tue Oct 26 22:35:11 2010 >>> dev-perl/NetAddr-IP-4.033
Tue Oct 26 22:35:35 2010 >>> dev-perl/Test-LongString-0.14
Tue Oct 26 22:36:50 2010 >>> dev-lang/nasm-2.09.02
Tue Oct 26 22:37:15 2010 >>> dev-perl/YAML-Tiny-1.44
Tue Oct 26 22:37:48 2010 >>> perl-core/Test-Harness-3.22
Tue Oct 26 22:38:13 2010 >>> dev-perl/yaml-0.72
Tue Oct 26 22:38:43 2010 >>> dev-perl/HTML-Parser-3.67
Tue Oct 26 22:38:58 2010 >>> virtual/perl-File-Spec-3.33
Tue Oct 26 22:39:25 2010 >>> dev-perl/Digest-SHA1-2.13
Tue Oct 26 22:39:41 2010 >>> virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:39:55 2010 >>> virtual/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:40:25 2010 >>> perl-core/Digest-MD5-2.51
Tue Oct 26 22:40:51 2010 >>> dev-perl/MailTools-2.07
Tue Oct 26 22:41:06 2010 >>> virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.22
Tue Oct 26 22:41:33 2010 >>> dev-perl/URI-1.55
Tue Oct 26 22:41:48 2010 >>> virtual/perl-Digest-MD5-2.51
Tue Oct 26 22:42:16 2010 >>> perl-core/IO-Compress-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:42:43 2010 >>> perl-core/ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.22.06
Tue Oct 26 22:43:08 2010 >>> dev-perl/File-HomeDir-0.93
Tue Oct 26 22:43:53 2010 >>> dev-perl/DBI-1.615
Tue Oct 26 22:44:07 2010 >>> virtual/perl-IO-Compress-2.030
Tue Oct 26 22:44:21 2010 >>> virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.22.06
Tue Oct 26 22:44:51 2010 >>> perl-core/Archive-Tar-1.68
Tue Oct 26 22:45:06 2010 >>> virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.68
Tue Oct 26 22:45:34 2010 >>> dev-perl/HTML-Tree-4.0
Tue Oct 26 22:45:59 2010 >>> dev-perl/Path-Class-0.21
Tue Oct 26 22:46:28 2010 >>> dev-perl/Mail-SPF-2.007-r1
Tue Oct 26 22:47:00 2010 >>> x11-proto/xproto-7.0.18
Tue Oct 26 22:47:29 2010 >>> x11-proto/xextproto-7.1.2
Tue Oct 26 22:47:59 2010 >>> x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.5
Tue Oct 26 22:48:27 2010 >>> x11-proto/renderproto-0.11.1
Tue Oct 26 22:52:26 2010 >>> dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.4.6
Tue Oct 26 22:56:02 2010 >>> dev-db/sqlite-3.7.2
Tue Oct 26 22:57:18 2010 >>> x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4
Tue Oct 26 22:58:18 2010 >>> sys-apps/usbutils-0.90
Tue Oct 26 22:58:43 2010 >>> x11-misc/util-macros-1.10.1
Tue Oct 26 22:59:13 2010 >>> x11-proto/videoproto-2.3.1
Tue Oct 26 22:59:58 2010 >>> x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.22
Tue Oct 26 23:00:40 2010 >>> x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.12.0
Tue Oct 26 23:04:03 2010 >>> dev-lang/orc-0.4.10
Tue Oct 26 23:05:37 2010 >>> net-libs/libnfsidmap-0.23-r1
Tue Oct 26 23:07:43 2010 >>> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10
Tue Oct 26 23:11:52 2010 >>> media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.22
Tue Oct 26 23:12:31 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXau-1.0.6
Tue Oct 26 23:18:54 2010 >>> dev-libs/nss-3.12.8
Tue Oct 26 23:19:24 2010 >>> x11-apps/rgb-1.0.4
Tue Oct 26 23:24:00 2010 >>> media-libs/schroedinger-1.0.10
Tue Oct 26 23:33:59 2010 >>> dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0a-r3
Tue Oct 26 23:37:27 2010 >>> net-misc/curl-7.21.1
Tue Oct 26 23:37:59 2010 >>> net-misc/iputils-20100418-r1
Tue Oct 26 23:48:43 2010 >>> dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8o-r2
Tue Oct 26 23:49:52 2010 >>> dev-vcs/fossil-20100918155143
Tue Oct 26 23:53:47 2010 >>> net-misc/ntp-4.2.6_p2-r1
Tue Oct 26 23:59:15 2010 >>> net-dns/bind-tools-9.7.2_p2
Tue Oct 26 23:59:51 2010 >>> dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.58
Wed Oct 27 00:00:31 2010 >>> dev-perl/libwww-perl-5.837
Wed Oct 27 00:01:04 2010 >>> dev-perl/WWW-Mechanize-1.66
Wed Oct 27 00:01:23 2010 >>> x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.9
Wed Oct 27 00:08:53 2010 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r10
Wed Oct 27 00:17:16 2010 >>> dev-lang/python-2.6.5-r3
Wed Oct 27 00:18:17 2010 >>> dev-python/pycrypto-2.3
Wed Oct 27 00:19:25 2010 >>> dev-vcs/mercurial-1.6.4
Wed Oct 27 00:25:22 2010 >>> net-analyzer/nmap-5.35
Wed Oct 27 00:28:49 2010 >>> net-libs/neon-0.29.4
Wed Oct 27 00:29:17 2010 >>> dev-perl/XML-SAX-Writer-0.53
Wed Oct 27 00:37:17 2010 >>> dev-lang/python-3.1.2-r4
Wed Oct 27 00:39:49 2010 >>> dev-python/setuptools-0.6.14
Wed Oct 27 00:58:53 2010 >>> dev-python/cython-0.13
Wed Oct 27 01:01:08 2010 >>> x11-libs/libxcb-1.7
Wed Oct 27 01:02:23 2010 >>> sys-libs/cracklib-2.8.18
Wed Oct 27 01:24:56 2010 >>> dev-python/numpy-1.5.0-r2
Wed Oct 27 01:29:08 2010 >>> x11-libs/libX11-1.3.6
Wed Oct 27 01:31:03 2010 >>> dev-vcs/bzr-2.2.0
Wed Oct 27 01:31:49 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXext-1.1.2-r1
Wed Oct 27 01:34:25 2010 >>> media-libs/freetype-2.4.3
Wed Oct 27 01:35:01 2010 >>> x11-apps/luit-1.1.0
Wed Oct 27 01:35:34 2010 >>> x11-apps/xwininfo-1.1.0-r1
Wed Oct 27 01:40:37 2010 >>> media-libs/netpbm-10.51.00-r1
Wed Oct 27 01:41:08 2010 >>> x11-apps/xlsclients-1.1.1
Wed Oct 27 01:41:41 2010 >>> x11-apps/xmodmap-1.0.5
Wed Oct 27 01:42:13 2010 >>> x11-apps/xcmsdb-1.0.3
Wed Oct 27 01:44:08 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXi-1.3.1
Wed Oct 27 01:45:22 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.2
Wed Oct 27 01:45:59 2010 >>> x11-libs/libvdpau-0.4.1
Wed Oct 27 01:46:31 2010 >>> x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.2.0
Wed Oct 27 01:47:05 2010 >>> x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.3
Wed Oct 27 01:47:35 2010 >>> x11-apps/xcursorgen-1.0.4
Wed Oct 27 01:48:27 2010 >>> media-fonts/dejavu-2.32
Wed Oct 27 01:49:19 2010 >>> media-libs/libass-0.9.11
Wed Oct 27 01:54:59 2010 >>> x11-libs/cairo-1.10.0-r3
Wed Oct 27 01:55:34 2010 >>> x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.6
Wed Oct 27 01:55:46 2010 >>> app-admin/eselect-xvmc-0.2
Wed Oct 27 02:06:28 2010 >>> sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r1
Wed Oct 27 02:18:36 2010 >>> dev-libs/glib-2.24.2
Wed Oct 27 02:20:45 2010 >>> sys-devel/bison-2.4.3
Wed Oct 27 02:25:17 2010 >>> sys-apps/util-linux-2.18-r1
Wed Oct 27 02:27:58 2010 >>> sys-apps/findutils-4.5.9
Wed Oct 27 02:33:32 2010 >>> sys-apps/coreutils-8.5-r1
Wed Oct 27 02:34:37 2010 >>> sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.12
Wed Oct 27 02:35:34 2010 >>> app-editors/nano-2.2.5
Wed Oct 27 02:37:15 2010 >>> sys-apps/grep-2.7
Wed Oct 27 02:38:51 2010 >>> net-misc/wget-1.12-r2
Wed Oct 27 02:41:48 2010 >>> app-arch/tar-1.23-r4
Wed Oct 27 02:43:06 2010 >>> sys-process/psmisc-22.13
Wed Oct 27 02:46:31 2010 >>> dev-lang/yasm-1.1.0
Wed Oct 27 02:51:10 2010 >>> app-portage/eix-0.22.2
Wed Oct 27 02:54:41 2010 >>> www-client/lynx-2.8.8_pre5
Wed Oct 27 02:57:47 2010 >>> app-text/recode-3.6_p17-r2
Wed Oct 27 02:59:09 2010 >>> app-text/iso-codes-3.21
Wed Oct 27 02:59:32 2010 >>> app-admin/eselect-1.2.11
Wed Oct 27 03:04:01 2010 >>> x11-libs/pango-1.28.3
Wed Oct 27 03:05:42 2010 >>> sys-fs/udev-162
Wed Oct 27 04:53:10 2010 >>> sys-devel/gcc-4.4.4-r2
Wed Oct 27 04:53:50 2010 >>> x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.80
Wed Oct 27 04:56:35 2010 >>> dev-python/pygobject-2.20.0-r1
Wed Oct 27 04:57:50 2010 >>> dev-libs/libtasn1-2.8
Wed Oct 27 04:58:05 2010 >>> sys-devel/binutils-config-2-r1
Wed Oct 27 04:58:40 2010 >>> dev-util/desktop-file-utils-0.17
Wed Oct 27 05:01:20 2010 >>> sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.12
Wed Oct 27 05:02:20 2010 >>> xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.6.2
Wed Oct 27 05:03:14 2010 >>> net-libs/libproxy-0.4.6
Wed Oct 27 05:04:06 2010 >>> x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-2.0
Wed Oct 27 05:19:10 2010 >>> media-video/ffmpeg-0.6_p25423
Wed Oct 27 05:20:51 2010 >>> net-fs/nfs-utils-1.2.3
Wed Oct 27 05:22:16 2010 >>> app-text/gnome-doc-utils-0.20.2
Wed Oct 27 05:37:47 2010 >>> net-libs/gnutls-2.10.2
Wed Oct 27 05:38:38 2010 >>> app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets-1.76.0
Wed Oct 27 05:42:04 2010 >>> gnome-base/orbit-2.14.19
Wed Oct 27 05:46:03 2010 >>> sys-apps/dbus-1.4.0
Wed Oct 27 05:46:36 2010 >>> x11-proto/glproto-1.4.12
Wed Oct 27 05:49:40 2010 >>> net-libs/libsoup-2.30.2-r1
Wed Oct 27 05:51:12 2010 >>> sys-libs/tdb-1.2.1-r1
Wed Oct 27 05:58:40 2010 >>> sci-libs/gsl-1.14-r1
Wed Oct 27 09:54:23 2010 >>> dev-libs/boost-1.42.0-r2
Wed Oct 27 09:54:43 2010 >>> app-portage/gentoolkit-dev-0.2.7
Wed Oct 27 09:57:35 2010 >>> x11-misc/x11vnc-0.9.12
Wed Oct 27 09:58:08 2010 >>> x11-apps/xauth-1.0.5
Wed Oct 27 09:58:41 2010 >>> x11-apps/xset-1.2.0
Wed Oct 27 10:01:07 2010 >>> sys-fs/encfs-1.7.2
Wed Oct 27 10:03:44 2010 >>> mail-filter/bogofilter-1.2.2
Wed Oct 27 10:04:24 2010 >>> x11-apps/x11perf-1.5.2
Wed Oct 27 10:09:20 2010 >>> sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r3
Wed Oct 27 10:10:29 2010 >>> xfce-base/xfconf-4.7.3
Wed Oct 27 10:11:08 2010 >>> x11-apps/xclock-1.0.5
Wed Oct 27 10:11:55 2010 >>> x11-apps/xsm-1.0.2
Wed Oct 27 10:12:39 2010 >>> x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.5
Wed Oct 27 10:13:34 2010 >>> sys-apps/man-1.6f-r5
Wed Oct 27 10:15:06 2010 >>> x11-terms/xterm-262
Wed Oct 27 10:15:48 2010 >>> media-gfx/feh-1.9
Wed Oct 27 10:16:49 2010 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-3.27
Wed Oct 27 10:28:28 2010 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.0.901
Wed Oct 27 10:30:02 2010 >>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-256.53
Wed Oct 27 10:30:44 2010 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.5.0
Wed Oct 27 10:31:23 2010 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.6.0
Wed Oct 27 10:32:26 2010 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.18
Wed Oct 27 10:38:30 2010 >>> sys-libs/pam-1.1.2
Wed Oct 27 10:38:54 2010 >>> sys-auth/pambase-20100925
Wed Oct 27 10:39:49 2010 >>> sys-apps/openrc-0.6.3
Wed Oct 27 10:45:40 2010 >>> sys-apps/busybox-1.17.1-r1
Wed Oct 27 10:48:35 2010 >>> sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.2-r5
Wed Oct 27 10:52:51 2010 >>> mail-client/mutt-1.5.21-r1
Wed Oct 27 10:57:36 2010 >>> net-misc/openssh-5.6_p1-r2
Wed Oct 27 11:28:54 2010 >>> app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.00
Wed Oct 27 12:03:43 2010 >>> net-fs/samba-3.5.5
Wed Oct 27 12:08:31 2010 >>> app-text/poppler-0.14.4
Wed Oct 27 12:56:41 2010 >>> app-editors/vim-core-7.3
Wed Oct 27 13:01:58 2010 >>> app-editors/vim-7.3
Wed Oct 27 15:51:48 2010 >>> dev-db/mysql-5.1.51
Wed Oct 27 15:53:50 2010 >>> dev-libs/apr-util-1.3.10
Wed Oct 27 15:54:30 2010 >>> dev-perl/DBD-mysql-4.01.7
Wed Oct 27 16:58:18 2010 >>> dev-perl/Lchown-1.01
Wed Oct 27 20:57:25 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.22
Wed Oct 27 20:57:25 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.22
Wed Oct 27 22:02:46 2010 >>> sys-libs/glibc-2.12.1-r2
Wed Oct 27 22:04:14 2010 >>> app-arch/xz-utils-5.0.0
Wed Oct 27 22:05:01 2010 >>> sys-libs/timezone-data-2010n
Wed Oct 27 22:06:02 2010 >>> dev-libs/nspr-4.8.6-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:09:19 2010 >>> media-plugins/live-2010.10.15
Wed Oct 27 22:09:33 2010 >>> virtual/libusb-1
Wed Oct 27 22:12:09 2010 >>> dev-lang/swig-2.0.1
Wed Oct 27 22:12:58 2010 >>> sys-apps/usbutils-0.91
Wed Oct 27 22:13:12 2010 >>> app-admin/perl-cleaner-2.7
Wed Oct 27 22:13:50 2010 >>> dev-perl/NetAddr-IP-4.034
Wed Oct 27 22:14:17 2010 >>> dev-perl/Proc-ProcessTable-0.45-r2
Wed Oct 27 22:14:43 2010 >>> dev-perl/HTML-Tree-4.1
Wed Oct 27 22:15:20 2010 >>> perl-core/version-0.83
Wed Oct 27 22:15:39 2010 >>> virtual/perl-version-0.83
Wed Oct 27 22:17:23 2010 >>> sys-fs/udev-163
Wed Oct 27 22:18:06 2010 >>> x11-libs/libICE-1.0.7
Wed Oct 27 22:18:38 2010 >>> x11-libs/libfontenc-1.1.0
Wed Oct 27 22:20:33 2010 >>> dev-libs/libevent-1.4.14b-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:24:50 2010 >>> media-libs/libsndfile-1.0.23
Wed Oct 27 22:28:28 2010 >>> dev-lang/orc-0.4.11
Wed Oct 27 22:33:02 2010 >>> dev-vcs/git-1.7.3.2-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:34:15 2010 >>> sys-apps/sed-4.2.1-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:40:15 2010 >>> sys-apps/coreutils-8.6
Wed Oct 27 22:41:21 2010 >>> sys-devel/make-3.82
Wed Oct 27 22:44:24 2010 >>> app-arch/tar-1.24-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:47:47 2010 >>> app-text/hunspell-1.2.12-r1
Wed Oct 27 22:52:44 2010 >>> app-portage/eix-0.22.3
Thu Oct 28 00:59:01 2010 >>> sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5
Thu Oct 28 01:04:43 2010 >>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.36
Thu Oct 28 01:08:36 2010 >>> app-text/aspell-0.60.6-r2
Thu Oct 28 01:10:41 2010 >>> app-admin/rsyslog-5.4.0
Thu Oct 28 01:11:39 2010 >>> app-admin/apache-tools-2.2.16
Thu Oct 28 01:12:29 2010 >>> sys-apps/lm_sensors-3.2.0
Thu Oct 28 01:17:39 2010 >>> www-servers/apache-2.2.16
Thu Oct 28 01:20:12 2010 >>> media-libs/freetype-2.4.3-r1
Thu Oct 28 01:21:12 2010 >>> dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.88
Thu Oct 28 01:21:40 2010 >>> x11-apps/smproxy-1.0.4
Thu Oct 28 19:50:06 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.23
Thu Oct 28 19:50:06 2010 >>> sys-apps/portage-2.1.9.23
Thu Oct 28 19:51:14 2010 >>> perl-core/version-0.85
Thu Oct 28 19:51:30 2010 >>> virtual/perl-version-0.85
Thu Oct 28 19:54:58 2010 >>> net-mail/fetchmail-6.3.18
Thu Oct 28 20:03:08 2010 >>> dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r1
Thu Oct 28 20:03:21 2010 >>> app-admin/eselect-pinentry-0.3
Thu Oct 28 20:03:52 2010 >>> app-crypt/pinentry-0.8.0-r1
Thu Oct 28 20:04:18 2010 >>> dev-perl/XML-Twig-3.37
Thu Oct 28 20:15:37 2010 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.1
Thu Oct 28 20:15:57 2010 >>> sys-auth/pambase-20101024
Thu Oct 28 20:18:25 2010 >>> sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.2-r6
Thu Oct 28 20:42:33 2010 >>> dev-lang/php-5.3.3-r1
Thu Oct 28 20:43:01 2010 >>> mail-client/mailx-8.1.2.20050715-r2
Thu Oct 28 20:46:56 2010 >>> app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.16-r2
Thu Oct 28 20:48:04 2010 >>> app-admin/sudo-1.7.4_p4
Thu Oct 28 20:48:19 2010 >>> virtual/httpd-php-5.3
Thu Oct 28 20:48:43 2010 >>> app-backup/rsnapshot-1.3.1-r1
Thu Oct 28 20:49:52 2010 >>> sys-apps/smartmontools-5.40
Thu Oct 28 20:52:06 2010 >>> dev-vcs/bzr-2.2.1
Thu Oct 28 20:56:12 2010 >>> www-apps/gallery-2.3-r2
Thu Oct 28 21:29:25 2010 >>> net-fs/samba-3.5.6
Thu Oct 28 21:31:06 2010 >>> gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.30.2
Thu Oct 28 23:21:48 2010 >>> net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.2.11
Thu Oct 28 23:23:27 2010 >>> x11-libs/libwnck-2.30.5
Thu Oct 28 23:26:40 2010 >>> gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.18.8
Thu Oct 28 23:27:02 2010 >>> www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.2.161.23_pre20100927
Thu Oct 28 23:42:51 2010 >>> net-proxy/squid-3.1.8
Thu Oct 28 23:48:33 2010 >>> dev-python/pygtk-2.17.0
Thu Oct 28 23:53:49 2010 >>> gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.24.4
Thu Oct 28 23:58:05 2010 >>> x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.12
Fri Oct 29 00:03:16 2010 >>> www-client/firefox-3.6.11
Fri Oct 29 00:04:31 2010 >>> app-text/acroread-9.4.0
Fri Oct 29 00:07:48 2010 >>> gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.19
Fri Oct 29 00:11:02 2010 >>> x11-libs/vte-0.24.3
Fri Oct 29 00:25:23 2010 >>> media-gfx/imagemagick-6.6.4.5
Fri Oct 29 00:30:55 2010 >>> app-editors/gvim-7.3
Fri Oct 29 00:40:33 2010 >>> x11-misc/shutter-0.86.4-r1
Sat Oct 30 09:17:20 2010 >>> dev-libs/libaio-0.3.109-r1
Sat Oct 30 09:21:17 2010 >>> sys-apps/man-pages-3.29
Sat Oct 30 09:22:24 2010 >>> net-mail/fetchmail-6.3.18
Sat Oct 30 09:30:32 2010 >>> dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r1
Sat Oct 30 09:30:47 2010 >>> app-admin/eselect-pinentry-0.3
Sat Oct 30 09:31:24 2010 >>> app-crypt/pinentry-0.8.0-r1
Sat Oct 30 09:31:53 2010 >>> dev-perl/XML-Twig-3.37
Sat Oct 30 09:43:26 2010 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.1
Sat Oct 30 09:43:49 2010 >>> sys-auth/pambase-20101024
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Re: [gentoo-user] More troubles with major update

[Stroller]

On 1/11/2010, at 10:52am, Harry Putnam wrote:
> ...
> A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail
> connections.  That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally.
> 
> Sendmail itself has not been updated...

You haven't demonstrated that sendmail is even installed.

eix -I sendmail

which sendmail

equery b /usr/sbin/sendmail

/usr/sbin/sendmail <address> < Huckleberry_Finn.txt

telnet 127.0.0.1 25


Stroller.

[gentoo-user] Re: More troubles with major update

[Harry Putnam]

Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:

> On 1/11/2010, at 10:52am, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> ...
>> A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail
>> connections.  That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally.
>> 
>> Sendmail itself has not been updated...
>
> You haven't demonstrated that sendmail is even installed.
>
> eix -I sendmail
>
> which sendmail
>
> equery b /usr/sbin/sendmail
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail <address> < Huckleberry_Finn.txt
>
> telnet 127.0.0.1 25
>

I would of thought this line:
>> Sendmail itself has not been updated...

But as it happens the machine stalled with green light on (overnight)
, but could not login.. at console or via ssh so performed a hard reboot.

The machine came up with sendmail working as it was prior to the update.

Thanks for your input... next time I won't assume readers would take
my word that something is installed..