Re: [Exim] FreeBSD 5.1 exim compile problem

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Author: Yann Golanski
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To: Sheldon Hearn
CC: Simon Alman, exim
Subject: Re: [Exim] FreeBSD 5.1 exim compile problem
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Quoth Sheldon Hearn on Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 19:02:12 +0200
> > Simon, you're mad! But then again, I new that. Current is really to
> > tinker with the latest unstable features of BSD. Hell, even 5-stable is
> > unsuitable for production systems...
>
> Put the crack-pipe down and step away slowly. :-)


*grins evily*

> There's no such thing as 5-STABLE. There's FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT; the 5.x
> line hasn't been given the production nod yet, and you probably won't
> see -STABLE until some time after 5.2-RELEASE.
>
> I'm sure this had something to do with Exim...


Yeah, probably...

> > The best thing with BSD is to use ports for everything -- easy to
> > upgrade, hassle free and generally it works(tm). So....
>
> Oh yes, thanks for the punt. :-)


You're welcome. If you were not doing such a fine job, then I would be
moaning at you... Be glad it is praises you get.

> I won't be able to update the FreeBSD port to 4.23 or 4.24 for
> 4.9-RELEASE unless there's a proven show-stopper to be fixed.
>
> The good news, though, is that we're hoping to get Tom Rhodes'
> install-time MTA selection work merged in time for the release. Then,
> when you add the the Exim package at install time, sysinstall magically
> configures it as your base system MTA! :-)


Now that is great news indeed!

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