-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I few years ago I needed postfix with mysql support. postfix in >>mandrake didn't have it. I downloaded srpm and found that mysql was in >>but switch in spec file wasn't activated. It took quite a while for a >>new package to appear. Even one security update was released but the >>switch wasn't activated. Once more i had to build it myself. > > > Have you considered that maybe Mandrakesoft doesn't want postfix to depend > on mysql by default, but *does* want to make it easy for someone to build > the package with mysql support???? > > All you need to do is: > $ rpm --rebuild --with mysql postfix*.src.rpm > > Luckily, ldap support is on by default.
It seems it is possible to build postfix with dynamic support for mysql/postgres/ldap, see the patch Debian uses: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.0.16-2.diff.gz (or newer I guess). Luca Berra, care to look at this? (/me wonders when Debian will seriously consider sending patches upstream) Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/pm0vrJK6UGDSBKcRApLnAKCXGUl+ChHVn3fuvmFpA+IKoQ69EACeNJMD FimwGXiyojsj+GiZPlq8L64= =BGhm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
