In your README.md, perhaps "This project intends to provide a straightforward and simple *procedure *to configure FTS plugin for Dovecot, leveraging the efforts by the Xapian.org team." is better?? Also in the part after cloning from git:
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-dovecot=/path/to/dovecot [ This /path/to/dovecot is not obvious. Is it the dovecot binary or what??] On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 09:42, Joan Moreau via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > Thank you Stephan. > > The version here shall be up and running : > https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian > > > > > > On 2019-01-14 00:07, Stephan Bosch wrote: > > > > Op 13/01/2019 om 21:25 schreef Joan Moreau via dovecot: > > > I tried to combined it, the "autoreconf" errors are solved > > Now, when I type "make install", the lib is not pushed into dovecot > folder, but somewhere in /usr/local/... > > How to adjust this to have it arriving in the proper folder ? > > > Depends on your system. It mostly a matter of setting a proper --prefix > directory for configure, but other paths are configurable as well. I > usually check what the official distribution package for Dovecot is doing > and use that as a basis. > > For Debian I use the following configure command: > > ./configure --with-ldap=plugin --with-ssl=openssl --with-sql=plugin > --with-lua=plugin --with-pgsql --with-mysql --with-sqlite \ > --with-gssapi=plugin --with-solr --with-ioloop=best > --enable-maintainer-mode \ > --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib > --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man \ > --infodir=/usr/share/info > --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules --disable-rpath --disable-static > > Regards, > > Stephan > > > On 2019-01-13 21:01, Tuomi, Aki wrote: > > You copied your Makefile.am there. Stephan made you a working version, can > you try that? > (sorry for dup) > Aki > -------- Original message -------- > From: Joan Moreau <j...@grosjo.net> > Date: 13/01/2019 21:39 (GMT+02:00) > To: Stephan Bosch <step...@rename-it.nl> > Cc: Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> > Subject: Re: [FTS Xapian] Beta release > > I used the skeleton from Aki : https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian > > However, when I try to act as a visitor, I reach teh follwoing error: > > # autoreconf -vi > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext > autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 > autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing > autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy > libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, '.'. > libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh' > libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'. > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4' > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4' > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4' > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4' > libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4' > autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf > autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader > autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force > configure.ac:9: installing './compile' > configure.ac:11: installing './config.guess' > configure.ac:11: installing './config.sub' > configure.ac:7: installing './install-sh' > configure.ac:7: installing './missing' > src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp' > /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCXX does not > appear in AM_CONDITIONAL > /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define > 'am__fastdepCXX' is to add 'AC_PROG_CXX' > /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.ac' and run > 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again > src/Makefile.am: error: C++ source seen but 'CXX' is undefined > src/Makefile.am: The usual way to define 'CXX' is to add 'AC_PROG_CXX' > src/Makefile.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'autoconf' again. > src/Makefile.am:11: warning: variable 'NOPLUGIN_LDFLAGS' is defined but no > program or > src/Makefile.am:11: library has 'NOPLUGIN' as canonical name (possible > typo) > autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 > > > > On 2019-01-13 20:24, Stephan Bosch wrote: > > Oh, right, a distribution tarball doesn't include some of the > necessary files for your repository like autogen.sh and > .gitignore. The attached tarball includes all those and is ready > for `git init`. The previous tarball was made with `make > distcheck` from this one. > > Regards, > > Stephan. > > Op 13/01/2019 om 20:14 schreef Stephan Bosch: > > Hi Joan, > > Op 13/01/2019 om 19:03 schreef Aki Tuomi: > > Yes, from compiling point of view it is done. > > Unfortunately what is not done is all the other work > involved, such as fixing all the inevitable bugs it has > and maintaining it. We do not want, at this moment, take > up maintaining and developing yet another FTS plugin as > we have plenty of things to do already. > > I invite you to setup your own repository and provide > this plugin from there, being the maintainer of this > plugin. We can add a link to your plugin on our FTS page > so people can also find it. > > There are other plugins like this, e.g. > https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-plugin > > > I turned the code you provided into a separate plugin > package. The distribution tarball is attached. > > Notable changes: > > - Added example copyright headers and COPYING and AUTHORS > files. You should modify those to your preference. > - Added README and INSTALL files (in markdown using Pandoc). > Those need to be amended with details. > - Amended the plugin code to display a debug message with the > plugin name and version upon plugin load. > > > I advise you to turn this into a git repository and continue from > there. > > I do not recommend releasing this plugin with the > -fpermissive flag and the resulting warning as it is now. But > I'm assuming this is still a work in progress, so that is OK. > > Regards, > > Stephan. > > > On 13 January 2019 at 19:52 Joan Moreau <j...@grosjo.net > <mailto:j...@grosjo.net>> wrote: > > > The only point here of this fts-xapian is to get rid > of solr (because it > > is just a nightmare to setup) and squat (because it is > considere > obsolete). > > I already sent the changed in configure.ac, makefile.am > , etc.. in order > to include it in the dovecot, and it compiles properly > > > The only remaining point is to push it in hte git (yes, > everything is > already done) > > On 2019-01-13 18:45, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > On 13 January 2019 at 17:05 Joan Moreau via > dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org > <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: > > Hi > > Please find attached the beta release of FTS > Xapian, with the objective > to replace fts_squat that is being deprecated. > > Configuration is exactly the same as for fts_squat: > > plugin { > > plugin = fts fts_xapian (...) > fts = xapian > fts_autoindex = yes > fts_enforced = yes > fts_xapian = partial=2 full=20 > > This is installed on my production server > (>120Gb of mailboxes), and I > will observe it during the coming days. > > > I will definitely appreciate that this is added in > the core git of > docevot, in order to have a versionning of > it, to remove squat and let > > basic users able to avoid Solr alternative as much as > possible. > > Thanks > > JM > > Hi! > > I still recommend you setup a, say, github > repository for your plugin. We are not able to > currently include your work in dovecot core as it > is more work than just pushing the code into the > repo. Maybe it can be included in the future. > > If you want, I can help you in setting up the > required configuration scripts and such to make > it possible to compile it as plugin. > > Then anyone can download it and install it for > their dovecot, even if dovecot itself has been > installed from packages, and also makes it > possible for package maintainers to consider > including it in distributions. > > Aki > > > > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)