Re: [Exim] Installation crashes when I try to compile

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Author: Dave C.
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To: P Kirk
CC: Kevin Sindhu, Richard Welty, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Installation crashes when I try to compile

Berkely DB is hardly a 'relational' db..

Exim uses db file to store things such as its hints database. I think
exim requires some implementaton of DB, but its normally part of any
installation of unix anyway.

I dont think it can use CDB for its files..

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, P Kirk wrote:

> Is there no way to compile Exim with no database? There's a section in the
> manual that reads:
>
> "However, in the case of cdb, which is included in the binary only if
> LOOKUP_CDB=yes
>
> is set, the code is entirely contained within Exim, and no external include
> files or libraries are required. "
>
> Does this mean that Exim can just run as a MTA? Requiring a relational
> database for a 3 user system seems overkill.
>
>
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