2007/10/2, Rick Widmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > aledr wrote: > > I do not want to check the vpopmail user and group :) > > You don't get any choice in the matter. The vpopmail uid and vchkpw gid > are compiled into the program, and must not change between compile and > run time. If those uid/gid values change, you must re-compile vpopmail > to work with the new values. > > > > 2007/10/2, John Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 2007-09-30, at 1622, aledr wrote: > >>> I need to build vpopmail as non-root user and used > >>> "--enable-non-root-build" but I got this message: > >>> > >>> "checking for valid vpopmail user and group... yes > >>> checking whether password file entry for the vpopmail user exists... > >>> No vpopmail user found. > >>> Please add the vchkpw group and > >>> vpopmail user. Then run configure again > > Have you created the vpopmail user and vchkpw group? If not you must.
Yes, I will create they when installing the package in my destination host. This is the why I need to get these values into the package when building. The build host isn't my dest host. > > >>> no > >>> configure: error: Could not compile and run even a trivial ANSI C > >>> program - check CC." > >>> > >>> So, is there a way to do not check the vpopmail user and group at > >>> build time? > > No there is not. The uid and gid values must be correctly compiled into > the program, so the user and group must exist when you compile. So, to do that the package could assume the default value... Clamav does a trick with option "--disable-clamav". > > >> fix the "Could not compile and run even a trivial ANSI C program - > >> check CC" issue. > >> > >> that will probably allow it to compile the test program which looks > >> for the vpopmail user and vchkpw group. > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> | John M. Simpson --- KG4ZOW --- Programmer At Large | > >> | http://www.jms1.net/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> | http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173 | > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- [ ]'s Aledr - Alexandre "OpenSource Solutions for SmallBusiness Problems"
