Re: [Exim] Proposal for Exim 4

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Proposal for Exim 4
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> and I guess this C function could be provided in an external
> site-specific dynamic library so you could change it without
> recompiling exim ?


I was not planning on being that complicated. [I've just been struggling
with libtool again for a new release of the PCRE library, and dealing
with shared libraries is really complicated and messy. I'd rather keep
that out of Exim.]

> (or, I guess, you can just call a different program from the C
> function and have it staticly linked).


Well, that would require another process, of course.

> Cute.


I take it that's a compliment? :-)

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