On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 04:33:28PM +0100, J.J.Gallardo wrote:
> This is a doubt about the best way to compile again qmail:
>
> I have my system running qmail perfectly, but some days ago i discovered
> that qmail has not the patch that "Scott Moorhouse" re-wrote to solve
> the problem with the "Netscape's download indicator doesn't progress".
> The file involved is "qmail-pop3d.c". I have tried to compile the file
> (alone) with the patch apliayed, but may be the file has some
> dependencies with another files ( I cannot run "cc or gcc" over the
> file) and so, we have to re-compile all the qmail distribution.
>
> Can I compile "qmail" in another machine and later move and/or copy only
> /var/qmail/bin/*?
> That's my best option cause only stop the server a minute at the time of
> day i wish, but i would like to know others opinions about this.
You can just
- apply the patch
- 'make'
- copy qmail-pop3d to /var/qmail/bin (you might need to shutdown pop3
for a second to do so)
qmail-pop3d is the only program affected by this patch.
Greetz, Peter.
