Re: [Exim] Notes on Exim 3.22 via Redhat 7.1

Heh.. We have our own internal RPM, with the compile-time options set as
we need them. We are going to be switching to FreeBSD, and I'm not sure
yet how to have our own internal 'port', yet I expect I will be figuring
it out. If not, then I will probably just go back to straight compile
from the tarball.

On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Tony Earnshaw wrote:

> Karl Schmidt wrote:
>
> > This pertains to rpm-exim-10.i386.rpm and most likely folks that are
> > upgrading to this RPM
>
> Hmmm ... I'm a roll-your-own man, began with Exim on SCO OpenServer 5
> and UnixWare 7 and always compiled/configured my own.
>
> We now have 4 x Exim 3.22 production servers running on RedHat 7.0
> machines; compiling _anything_ on RedHat with gcc is a cinch compared to
> the above platforms (let alone Solaris 8) and I really would advise this
> for Exim rather than installing rpms.
>
> The point is, that there are so many compile-time and personal
> extras/choices possible when rolling one's own, that this surely should
> be the choice of the dedicated MA. Or not?
>
> Tony
>
>

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