- I am about to release exim 4.51, which enables the features in chapter 40 of http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec.html
- Exim has a non-traditional configuration and makefile system. All Makefile variables have default values that can be modified by an OS specific Makefile (OS/Makefile-CYGWIN) and further modified by local options (Local/Makefile). If you build exim (patched for Cygwin) with an empty Local/Makefile, you get exactly the features present in the pre-compiled version of exim available with setup. This is explained in the README, in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/ Pierre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:23 AM Subject: Exim 4.50 with Content filtering and SPF > In just a week or so, I have fallen in love with CygWin, > and cannot understand how I overlooked it for so long. > > Thanks folks. Well done to all who contribute! > > [Please redirect me to the correct list/newsgroup; > even RTFM is fine if you will only tell me which > fine manual and preferable a page or chapter reference.] > > Question overview: related to enabling make options, > and to compiling new versions. I am not looking for > specific diagnostics of my compile problems (since I > don't have the output at the moment) but rather any > hints or direction to understanding this port....or > reference to the correct list/newsgroups and documentation > for understanding such subjects in general. > > (Background: I am pretty good with compilers and make > but not very experienced with CygWin or Unix specifically.) > > I successfully recompiled Exim 3.50 under CygWin (current > CygWin version from last week: cygwin-1.5.17-1). > > It seems the 'normal' Exim "Local/Makefile" isn't really > used for CygWin compiles (except as a re-Make signal if > touched.) Maybe this is normal for OS ports, but it seems > to invalidate some of the documentation in the Local/Makefile, > or at least doesn't replace it with any guidelines.) > > It appears that the Makefile is really "OS/Makefile-CYGWIN", > and that there are some CygWin specifics in: CYGWIN-PATCHES/ > > It was possible to enable content filtering by modifying > the Makefile-CYGWIN (WITH_CONTENT_SCAN=yes), but had trouble > with both (separately) of: > > #EXIM_PERL=perl.o > #EXPERIMENTAL_SPF=yes > > It seemed to be due to linking or library errors. > > Tried recompiling SPF and failed that due to similar > errors with (each of): > > libspf2-1.2.4/ > libspf2-1.2.5/ > > ...but succeeded with libsrs_alt-1.0rc1.tar.gz compile. > (which is more or less a sister package to SPF.) > > My attempts to compile Exim 4.51 were unsuccessful; my > assumption is that this is due to not having (not even > attempting to use) the CYGWIN specifics in the current > CygWin 3.50 version but not automatically in the current > Exim 3.51 general version. > > Again, I am looking for strategy guidelines (unless you > already know specific fixes etc.) > > -- > Herb Martin > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
