answering my own question ... doh. i couldn't find documentation for this anywhere but the obvious works. in order to undefine a previously defined m4 variable just put this in the local /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:
undefine(`confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY')dnl easy. duh. adam. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:52:40 -0800 (PST) From: Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: undefining m4 macro in sendmail.mc hey. i just ran into a sendmail problem i haven't had to deal with before. the hoststatus stuff is messing with my laptop (it check when my laptop isn't connected and remembers that it can't get to hosts even after i plug the ethernet in <grr> i just forced about 20 messages from over the last two days off my laptop that i hadn't noticed were stuck in the queue). so here's my question. this is included in .../ostype/debian.m4: define(`confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY', `/var/lib/sendmail/host_status')dnl without modifing the debian.m4 file (which i don't want to do because my chagnes will get overwritten next time i upgrade) how do i underfine the confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY setting in my /etc/mail/sendmail.mc? just setting it to `' doesn't do it. adam.
