Solved Sendmail and ostype()

Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading a server from 8.4-RELEASE to 9.3-RELEASE in steps. Currently, the server is going from 9.1-RELEASE to 9.2-RELEASE. Sendmail (base not ports) complained during make buildworld that /etc/mail/hostname.mc contained
Code:
ostype(freebsd9)
for which there was no corresponding /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd9.m4. I should note sendmail currently works fine by all appearances on this server after being updated to 9.1-RELEASE.

/etc/mail/hostname.mc was changed to
Code:
ostype(freebsd6)
and make buildworld succeeded without error.

I haven't yet seen anything online explaining why the most "recent" is /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd6.m4 and if it even makes a difference. I'm assuming it's a non-issue.
 
It should be
Code:
OSTYPE(freebsd6)
At least that's the case on my FreeBSD 9-STABLE and 10-STABLE.
 
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