Re: [Exim] 3.31 with minimal compiled-in stuff won't fscking…

my point was, if it's in the makefile, it's either os-independent in which
case *insert -lwrap*, or it's os-dependent in which case there're rules for
it...

It could be worse, I could've asked in asr...

head > wall

Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burnham" <jpb@???>
To: "S. Joel Bernstein" <joel@???>
Cc: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] 3.31 with minimal compiled-in stuff won't fscking
compile


>
> > I had disabled all the stuff I would otherwise enable, like LDAP,
mysql,
> > perl etc.
> > Why is there no line in the EDITME makefile to warn to use -lwrap with
> > tcp-wrappers? I'm a sysadmin, with basic programming skills, but I don't
> > think I could be expected to know this...
> >
> You mean like:
> # TCP wrappers: If you want to use tcpwrappers from within Exim, uncomment
> # this setting. See the manual section entitled "Use of tcpwrappers" in
the
> # chapter on building and installing Exim. ?
>
> Hmm, yep - a quick grep through spec.txt then reveals:
> "4.6 Use of tcpwrappers
>
> Exim can be linked with the "tcpwrappers" library in order to check
incoming
> SMTP calls using the "tcpwrappers" control files. This may be a convenient
> alternative to Exim's own checking facilities for installations that are
> already making use of "tcpwrappers" for other purposes. To do this, you
> should
> set USE_TCP_WRAPPERS in Local/Makefile, arrange for the file tcpd.h to be
> available at compile time, and also ensure that the library libwrap.a is
> available at link time, typically by including -lwrap in EXTRALIBS_EXIM.
For
> example, if "tcpwrappers" is installed in /usr/local, you might have
>
> USE_TCP_WRAPPERS=yes
> CFLAGS=-O -I/usr/local/include
> EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/usr/local/lib -lwrap "
>
> The stuff is there, you just have to look.
> John
>
>
>