What does the error "m4: Cannot open /usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4: No such file or directory" mean when using the m4 macro with the sendmail.mc file?

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The following error may be received when processing the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc with the m4 macro:

# m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:10: m4: Cannot open /usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4:
 No such file or directory

This errors simply means you do not have the sendmail-cf package installed. You can us...

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