Re: [Exim] 4.30 makefile problems with OSX

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Bradford Carpenter
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] 4.30 makefile problems with OSX
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Bradford Carpenter wrote:

> I've compiled every version of exim from 4.12 through 4.24 just fine on
> my OSX setup (currently I'm running 10.2.8) using darwinports; I've
> simply changed the version numbers (exim/exiscan) and checksums in the
> port file, and darwinports builds and installs exim without a hitch.
> However, 4.30 installation fails when reading the makefile, saying
> "couldn't find file for -lresolv" or some such. This is apparently
> related to this item from the 4.30 changelog:
>
> 16. Added CHOWN_COMMAND=/usr/sbin/chown and LIBS=-lresolv to the
>      OS/Makefile-Darwin file.


This is because somebody told me that these changes were necessary to
get Exim to compile on OSX. I have no access to any OSX systems, and so
I cannot test these kinds of change.

You could try undefining LIBS, i.e. putting

LIBS=

in your Local/Makefile.


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