Re: [exim] Compile problem with exim 4.74

Hi Todd,

> > while trying to compile exim 4.74 on an aged SuSE Linux 7.3 system I got
> > some strange errors that didn't occur with 4.73. Any hints what goes
> > wrong?

> > gcc drtables.c
> > gcc -c -O -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -I.
> > -I/home/oliver/src/exim/pcre/   drtables.c
> > drtables.c: In function `init_lookup_list':
> > drtables.c:413: parse error before `extern'
> > drtables.c:414: `dbmdb_lookup_module_info' undeclared (first use in this
> > function)
>
> In your Local/Makefile, make sure there is no space before any of the
> settings. Several people recently had compile problems very similar
> to yours, and in their case it had to do with changing:
>
> # VAR=something
> to
> VAR=something
> instead of
> VAR=something
>
> (Note the leading space in front of the middle one). Double check
> your Local/Makefile to see if this applies to you as well.

thanks for your reply. I have checked that already, there are no leading
or otherwise misplaced spaces anywhere in Local/Makefile.

Oliver