-- Alexander Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is rumored to have mumbled on 23. Januar 2007 12:32:40 -0500 regarding Re: [Fink-users] cyrus-imapd package?:
> On 1/23/07, mikee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does someone have this package or can someone make the package >> and add it to the repository? I bought an iMac to replace a >> windows xp box and a linux box. I think the last bit of software >> I need is the cyrus so I can move my email off the linux box >> to darwin. > There had been a version for 10.3: > > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/cyrus21-imapd > > But it wasn't being maintained, and I'm not sure if it just didn't > build on 10.4 and wasn't moved because nobody updated it. > > Making a package from an existing description set is relatively easy, > in my opinion. Some people say that it's difficult--but that depends > on how much patching is required. The issue with Cyrus IMAP is that it is extemely difficult to build, and even more difficult to build *well*. I run a large Cyrus IMAP server under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. I tried to build it myself initially, but failed. Note that I have been using Unix and building packages for almost 20 years. Believe me when I say that Cyrus is tricky. Ultimately I did what any sane Linux user does: I used the very well maintained RPM by Simon Matter: <http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/cyrus-imapd/> Note that I *do* build my own binary RPMs, but I do so by just slightly tweaking his SPEC file. I never had the need to run Cyrus under OS X, as I only use it as desktop system. Anyway, I suppose you could try building it with Simon's SPEC file as a starting point. -- Sebastian Hagedorn Ehrenfeldgürtel 156, 50823 Köln, Germany http://darkstar.spinfo.uni-koeln.de/~hgd/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
