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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