Karl Fischer wrote: > > Is there any good receipe out there about (easily) getting the > (upgrade to the) newest version of exim on Debian (sarge|etch) > without these troubles - ending up in compiling from source ? > > Many thanks for any hints ...
Sources arn't that bad .. let's see what you have to do .. wget http://your.favourite.mirror/exim-4.69.tar.bz2 cd /usr/local/src tar xvfj /path/to/dl/exim-4.69.tar.bz2 cd exim-4.69 cp ../exim-4.58/Local/Makefile Local/ make ./build-Linux-i386/exim -bV && make install Of course you should probably look into the Makefile to see if there are any relevant changes and definitely the doc/NewStuff. Configuration files shouldn't need changing between versions, and keeping up to date is as simple as being subscribed to the announce lists of all relevant libraries and programs. No need to be afraid of the sources .. especially if you want to keep up with the latest version. The package maintainers are always going to be at least a few days to months behind actual releases. -- The Exim Manual http://www.exim.org/docs.html http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
