Re[3]: [Exim] db.h missiing on Build of Exim-4.10

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Author: Steven Christensen
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re[3]: [Exim] db.h missiing on Build of Exim-4.10
Phil,

You are 100% correct - the distribution files should *not* be modified
since there is a workaround provided. In my ignorance I didn't know
that I could place any of the variables in my Local/Makefile and
override the defaults.

Folks - do it like Phil, not me!

Thanks,

       Steven



> =================Original message text===============
> From: Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
> To: Steven Christensen <steven@???>
> Date: Monday, September 9, 2002, 12:06:32 PM
> Subject: [Exim] db.h missiing on Build of Exim-4.10
>
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Steven Christensen wrote:


>> I fixed this on my Linux Mandrake system by:
>>
>> 1) in OS/Makefile-Default, uncomment the line for # INCLUDE and set it
>> to be:
>>    INCLUDE=-I/usr/include/db1

>>
>> 2) In OS/Makefile-Linux, change DBMLIB to be:
>>    DBMLIB = -ldb1

>>
>> Things compiled cleanly then, but I didn't check out the executable
>> yet (this was just last night, coincidentally).


> The "right" way to do that would be to put those settings in your
> Local/Makefile, instead of modifying the distribution files. Anything in
> Local/Makefile overrides. By doing it that way, you won't have to do it
> again for the next release.



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