Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 07:17:50 +0000 From: "Lonnie Santella" <lonniesantella@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 4.10 Release & Exim 4.32 Message-ID: <BAY15-F26pP9alwRKa7000651f8@hotmail.com>
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I'm struggling here. I have read all the docs I could possibly find - from both the Exim website and FreeBSD.org. I also tried newsgroups. Installing Exim from the ports is easy - installs fine, and with couple edits to mailer.conf and rc.conf - exim starts right up and works fine. But I need to make some changes _prior_ to the first "make". This is the problem. Running the "make" command in the /usr/ports/mail/exim directory will ultimately create all the necessary files and directories. Exim documentation clearly instructs that you need to create a Local/Makefile file with settings that need to be incorporated into the make of the binary. I created the Local/Makefile file, with the necessary changes - but the "make" process ignores this file. The "make" process does create a series of subdirectories, including a "Local" directory. Very confusing because I thought this would need to be immediately under the main exim directory in order to work. Plus I thought it was necessary that the "Local" directory be present _BEFORE_ you run the first "make" - but there is no "Local" directory until you run "make" for the first time. This is a catch 22. I need to add some build-time settings beyond the defaults in order to run Exim on my system. I'm thinking that I'm making a fundemental mistake here, but I can't figure out what it is. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Lonnie P.S. This is FreeBSD 4.10 Release, Exim 4.32.
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