Apply by doing: cd /usr/src patch -p0 < 011_sendmail.patch And then rebuild and install sendmail: cd gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail make obj make depend make make install Index: gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/conf.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/conf.c,v retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -p -r1.35 conf.c --- gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/conf.c 12 Jun 2013 21:27:22 -0000 1.35 +++ gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/conf.c 5 Jun 2014 10:16:18 -0000 @@ -5267,8 +5267,8 @@ closefd_walk(lowest, fd) */ void -sm_close_on_exec(highest, lowest) - int highest, lowest; +sm_close_on_exec(lowest, highest) + int lowest, highest; { #if HASFDWALK (void) fdwalk(closefd_walk, &lowest);