othermta: remove leftover from 20 years ago

othermta (along with mta_start_script configuration entry in rc.conf)
was a mechanism used to be able to run another mta than sendmail(8) before
"rcng" time 20 years ago.

othermta has not been used since.

6 files changed, 4 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/ObsoleteFiles.inc b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
index 6c65c3d469b1..5b0331bdc820 100644
--- a/ObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 #   xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
 # done
 
+# 20221114: remove othermta
+OLD_FILES+=etc/rc.d/othermta
+
 # 20221109: remove rc.sendmail(8)
 OLD_FILES+=etc/rc.sendmail
 OLD_FILES+=share/man/man8/rc.sendmail.8.gz
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
index 50fed07df127..63832505eade 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -593,8 +593,6 @@ allscreens_kbdflags=""	# Set this kbdcontrol mode for all virtual screens
 ###  Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options  ######################
 ##############################################################
 
-mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
-			# Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
 # Settings for /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
 sendmail_enable="NO"	# Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE).
 			# If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes.
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/Makefile b/libexec/rc/rc.d/Makefile
index 0f0d87bdde80..36b86a6636d9 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/Makefile
@@ -255,10 +255,6 @@ VAR_HEMIDAL=	/var/heimdal
 VAR_HEMIDAL_MODE=	700
 .endif
 
-.if ${MK_MAIL} != "no"
-CONFS+=		othermta
-.endif
-
 .if ${MK_NS_CACHING} != "no"
 _nscd=		nscd
 .endif
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/othermta b/libexec/rc/rc.d/othermta
deleted file mode 100755
index 36292ae3f7b7..000000000000
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/othermta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-
-# PROVIDE: mail
-# REQUIRE: LOGIN
-
-# XXX - TEMPORARY SCRIPT UNTIL YOU WRITE YOUR OWN REPLACEMENT.
-#
-. /etc/rc.subr
-
-load_rc_config
-
-if [ -n "${mta_start_script}" ]; then
-	[ "${mta_start_script}" != "/etc/rc.sendmail" ] && \
-	    sh ${mta_start_script} "$1"
-fi
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 33390f77c8f3..e67273cf0ea2 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 10, 2022
+.Dd November 14, 2022
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -3551,14 +3551,6 @@ program.
 The default is
 .Dq Li -d ,
 which causes missing directories to be created.
-.It Va mta_start_script
-.Pq Vt str
-This variable specifies the full path to the script to run to start
-a mail transfer agent.
-The default is
-.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
-Note that it only executes a script if the value is set to something
-different than the default.
 .It Va dumpdev
 .Pq Vt str
 Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to which a crash dump
diff --git a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
index a1094b2732bd..9a0b9b4bb1b2 100644
--- a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -5684,7 +5684,6 @@ OLD_FILES+=etc/mail.rc
 OLD_FILES+=etc/mail/aliases
 OLD_FILES+=etc/mail/mailer.conf
 OLD_FILES+=etc/periodic/daily/130.clean-msgs
-OLD_FILES+=etc/rc.d/othermta
 OLD_FILES+=usr/bin/Mail
 OLD_FILES+=usr/bin/biff
 OLD_FILES+=usr/bin/from