On 08/19/2013 09:59 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > I've now put Armin's sed for db-6 in at the startof the Configuring > the Build section. Not tagged as 7.4 (yet), I haven't started > *that* build. But looking at the page during the edit, I wonder if > we could improve the 'build' commands under Installing Postfix. > > I was going to question the wording where we show the options for > Cyrus-SASL and OpenSSL, and to suggest that we should say something > like "Use the CCARGS and AUXLIBS values for all of the optional > dependencies you wish to support, for example to use Cyrus SASL and > OpenSSL ...". But then I realised that Cyrus SASL is recommended. > > In what circumstances do people need Cyrus SASL ? The last time I > used it, I was posting through an account at a previous ISP whilst > not being dialled in to them. Rather a long while ago. > > Usually, recommended implies either that the usage is broken > without it, or that you have to use extra switches to build without > that dependency. I assume the Cyrus SASL use case is common enough > that recommending is worthwhile, but perhaps we should briefly spell > out why it is recommended ? > > And then add something like my "Use the CCARGS ..." sentence > earlier in this post ? > > ĸen >
Well, since it's a SMTP Server package, you *want* some kind of authentication, which SASL provides for Postfix. As for SSL, well I think I don't need to tell about that. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
