2009/8/17 Yeray Gutiérrez Cedrés <yera...@gmail.com>: > I'm running Postfix 2.3.8 in a Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) box. I want > it to support LDAP but I don't know what would happen if I install the > postfix-ldap package via apt-get because of this: > > # apt-get install --just-print postfix-ldap > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > libpcre3 postfix postfix-pcre > > It says it would also install the postfix package, I don't know if it > would affect my already working configuration or not. > > My other option is to reinstall it from source using: > > # make makefiles CCARGS="-I/usr/local/include -DHAS_LDAP" \ > AUXLIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lldap -L/usr/local/lib -llber" > # make > # make install > > But I don't know if this would have also bad effects on my existing > postfix installation. What would be the proper way to do this?
Aha, you've installed from source... I have a pessimistic suspicion that the packaged version might well clobber your compiled version. That said, if everything (the files) is in the same place then I guess that shouldn't matter, but I've never installed Postfix from tarball before. Any particular reason you installed from source? The packaging page indicates you get the same version anyway: http://packages.debian.org/etch/postfix If you can afford the work and downtime, you're probably better off backing up your config and mailboxes, then replacing it with the packaged version (without LDAP), get it working, then add LDAP. </IMHO>
