Karl Fischer wrote:
>
> Is there any good receipe out there about (easily) getting the
> (upgrade to the) newest version of exim on Debian (sarge|etch)
> without these troubles - ending up in compiling from source ?
>
> Many thanks for any hints ...
Sources arn't that bad .. let's see what you have to do ..
wget
http://your.favourite.mirror/exim-4.69.tar.bz2
cd /usr/local/src
tar xvfj /path/to/dl/exim-4.69.tar.bz2
cd exim-4.69
cp ../exim-4.58/Local/Makefile Local/
make
./build-Linux-i386/exim -bV && make install
Of course you should probably look into the Makefile to see if there are
any relevant changes and definitely the doc/NewStuff. Configuration
files shouldn't need changing between versions, and keeping up to date
is as simple as being subscribed to the announce lists of all relevant
libraries and programs.
No need to be afraid of the sources .. especially if you want to keep up
with the latest version. The package maintainers are always going to be
at least a few days to months behind actual releases.
--
The Exim Manual
http://www.exim.org/docs.html
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html
