On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 06:43:36PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote:
> Since the 'make install' only creates a symlink for exim and not exim4 (to > the installed binary), how do I make it do both, or I have to do this > manually. FWIW, I have long ago stopped using the install target of the makefile, which doesn't really work the way I want, at all. Instead: - I have a script that I run unprivileged, after the build is done, in the source tree. This script creates a tarball with the build artefacts and stores it somewhere under the source tree. - As root, I copy the tarball into a root owned private place, unpack it and run a quick sanity check on it. - Finally another privileged script takes care of unpacking into /usr/local [*], creating the extra symlinks, and restarting the service. * with squinted eyes. I use stow on my /usr/local, so there's some DESTDIR like spell casting. -- Ian -- ## subscription configuration (requires account): ## https://lists.exim.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/exim-users.lists.exim.org/ ## unsubscribe (doesn't require an account): ## [email protected] ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
