Re: [Exim] Installing 4.10

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Author: Mike Stewart
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To: Matthew Byng-Maddick, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Installing 4.10
Thanks Matthew, I obviously didn't read the instructions properly, I'll
re-read and try again.

And, I'll try to remember to use plain text in postings.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Byng-Maddick" <exim@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] Installing 4.10


> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:43:16PM -0000, Mike Stewart wrote:
> > Hi, I'm new to this.. I downloaded exim-4-10.tar.gz into my \tmp

directory.
>                                                               ^
> > Created Local directory ( \tmp\Local ) and then copied, renamed and
>                             ^   ^
> > modified (only changed EXIM_USER = root) then ran make.  That went OK.
> > When I run make install I get an error

"\tmp\exim-4.10\build-Linux-i386\exim
>                                           ^   ^         ^                ^
> > does not exist or is empty.  Most of that does exist but not a file or
> > directory named exim.
> > Have I missed some vital step ?
> > Running on Redhat 7.2

>
> As well as forgetting to uninstall Windows first, this is a perfect

example
> of how not to do a build and install. The Local/Makefile mentioned goes as
> a subpath of the unpacked exim-4.10 directory (so /tmp/Local is definitely
> not the right place for it). I'm not convinced that your make did go OK if
> there is no exim binary, though.
>
> A couple of points, please can you
> a) wrap your lines at ~76 chars, or use a sensible content-type
> b) note that directory separators are not '\\' but '/'
>
> MBM
>
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