Re: [exim] build exim static

I didn't want to make a chroot for my exim, I just wanted to make a
directory containing all the binaries and libraries
needed to run the mail server. (independent from the computer on which
it is running)

I will try to investigate my problem when all my configuration will work :-)

thank you anyway for your great help

Patrice


Paul Dekkers wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Patrice wrote:
>
>> Thank you Paul for you answer !
>>
>> I just compiled my binary with -static , but when I try to execute it
>> is says : no such file or directory
>> the file is 755
>>
>> is there a way to show which libraries are included into my static
>> binary ?
>
>
> Yes, ldd:
>
> >ldd ./exim
> ldd: exim: not a dynamic executable
>
> If your binary is staticly linked you will find your output is as
> above, otherwise you will get a list of libaries it is linked against.
>
> I suggest you run exim with debug options to see what goes wrong.
> And/or make sure that you actually start the binary; your output looks
> suspcious enough to come from some kind of shell, not exim itself.
>
> Mind you that if you DO want exim in a chroot, compiling the binary
> static is not enough. You will have to create path's, populate some
> files in the chroot's etc and so forth.
> But I think chroot-ing exim was not what you are trying to do, but
> just to be sure...
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
>> Patrice
>>
>> Paul Dekkers wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Patrice wrote:
>>>
>>>> is it possible to compil the exim binary in static ? (without
>>>> using .so files)
>>>> and if possible is it a good choice or not ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I used:
>>> LDFLAGS=-static
>>> ... in the Makefile. Don't know if this is the best place to put it,
>>> but it worked ;-)
>>>
>>> I used this to run exim in a FreeBSD jail (but you could use this
>>> with chroot too of course).
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>
>>
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