Re: [Exim] Installing with ${ROOT}

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Andrew Walrond
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Installing with ${ROOT}
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Andrew Walrond wrote:

> I install using
>
> make install ROOT=tempdest
>
> for later installation at /
>
> Which works great, except that the created etc/aliases file erroneously
> contains the tempdest bit in this section:
>
> system_aliases:
>    ...
>    data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{tempdest/etc/aliases}}
>    ...


I think you mean the created configuration, not the etc/aliases file.

> Am I right in using ROOT in the role of the usual DESTDIR for exim? In
> which case is this behaviour wrong?


This is not something I do myself, so I am not sure. However, it seems
plausible that if you install under a different root, _every_ file path
should be modified.


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