Am 03.10.2011 18:48, schrieb Steve Jenkins: > Normally, I like to use RPMs when possible. However, in the case of > Postfix, I've found it's much easier, and allows for much more > flexibility, to simply declare the settings you need with "make > makefiles" and then just build from the source as explained in my > HowTo
what is here easier? there are MTA-dependencies which are not given building beside the package-manager - dirty ways! > > The Postfix RPMs I've seen floating around out there seem to have a > number of patches. I've discussed them with Simon Mudd (who build the > original Postfix RPMs a while back) and he warns that his spec file > (and the ones derived from it) is very old and based on much earlier > versions of Postfix, and that he's not following Postfix's progress > any more. Many of the available patches address issues that are > already addressed in the current Postfix version, and attempt to solve > issues that are no longer issues - thereby creating new issues. :) it takes 5 minutes to clean the SPEC-File and remove these patches - really i do not understand your problem
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