Installing postfix from source. It doesn't do the usual configure, make,
make install routine...and the fresh install instructions seem to indicate
that checkinstall will not work.

Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.

ken

No_One <no_one@no_where.com> writes:

> Installing postfix from source. It doesn't do the usual configure, make,
> make install routine...and the fresh install instructions seem to indicate
> that checkinstall will not work.
>
> Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.

Yes, quite a while ago - and it didn't work, though I failed to make a
note of why. Might have been something to do with permissions.

There are postfix packages on Linux Packages, though I prefer to compile
it from source. Simply make and make install with the defaults works
fine here.



atb





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On 2006-01-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>> Installing postfix from source. It doesn't do the usual configure, make,
>> make install routine...and the fresh install instructions seem to indicate
>> that checkinstall will not work.
>>
>> Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.
>
> Yes, quite a while ago - and it didn't work, though I failed to make a
> note of why. Might have been something to do with permissions.
>
> There are postfix packages on Linux Packages, though I prefer to compile
> it from source. Simply make and make install with the defaults works

I wrote a script that uses slacktrack to compile postfix. It's not
perfect but it works quite well, you need to change CFLAGS to match your
architecture and run trackbuild.postfix from root.

I don't use mysql, if you want you can change postfix.build to support
it.

http://gufo.dontexist.org/builds/Postfix.php

Gufo
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Gufo <gufo@people.it> writes:

> On 2006-01-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>>> Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.
>>
>> Yes, quite a while ago - and it didn't work, though I failed to make a
>> note of why. Might have been something to do with permissions.
>>
>> There are postfix packages on Linux Packages, though I prefer to compile
>> it from source. Simply make and make install with the defaults works
>
> I wrote a script that uses slacktrack to compile postfix. It's not
> perfect but it works quite well, you need to change CFLAGS to match your
> architecture and run trackbuild.postfix from root.

Looks interesting!! When you say "it's not perfect" what do you mean?
What are the problems?

> http://gufo.dontexist.org/builds/Postfix.php

Hmm - some nice stuff on your site!

atb


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On 2006-01-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Looks interesting!! When you say "it's not perfect" what do you mean?
> What are the problems?
>
>> http://gufo.dontexist.org/builds/Postfix.php

I mean that it doesn't control return codes, so if an error happens my
script doesn't care and goes on. Maybe i'll write some best template
with error handling, and correct all my build script when i'll have the
time.

> Hmm - some nice stuff on your site!

Thank you :-)

Gufo
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On 2006-01-25, Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> No_One <no_one@no_where.com> writes:
>>
>> Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.
>
> Yes, quite a while ago - and it didn't work, though I failed to make a
> note of why. Might have been something to do with permissions.

Yeah, didn't look like it was going to work with checkinstall....thanks for
the info.

Much appreciated.

ken

On 2006-01-25, Gufo <gufo@people.it> wrote:
>
> I wrote a script that uses slacktrack to compile postfix. It's not
> perfect but it works quite well, you need to change CFLAGS to match your
> architecture and run trackbuild.postfix from root.
>
> I don't use mysql, if you want you can change postfix.build to support
> it.
>
> http://gufo.dontexist.org/builds/Postfix.php

Thanks for the pointer, a big help.

Thanks again,

ken

On 2006-01-25, No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer, a big help.

You're wellcome.
I didn't find a solution to skip all the configuration
questions yet, does anybody know a way to do it?
"make non-interactive-package" is supposed to work without user
intervention, but it seems to be broken.

Gufo
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In alt.os.linux.slackware, No_One dared to utter,
> Installing postfix from source. It doesn't do the usual configure, make,
> make install routine...and the fresh install instructions seem to indicate
> that checkinstall will not work.
>
> Has anyone used checkinstall on a fresh install of postfix.

No, but I found something better. You'll naturally need to edit this
to your tastes.

http://slackpack.tripleg.net.au/gene...der/SlackBuild

IIRC, the last (and only) time I built postfix from this script, I only
had to edit the VERSION variable and download the latest source code.

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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+Alan Hicks+ <alan@lizella.network> trolled:

What's all this crap below? What need is there for any of this?
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know how to set pgp up? And why would you, of all people, be
quoting bible verse about wise people?

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