Mark,
I understand what you mean. We are using uw-imap since.. (I don't
know anymore, feels like centuries) without any problems on Tru64 Unix
(formerly OSF/1) and since january 2006 on Redhat Linux. Without any
problems (ok maybe I am a lucky guy). So, it could be a change in the
sourcecode that makes all go wrong since the new release ?
I downgraded back to 2004 yesterday and see what happens (or better,
what NOT happens :-))
best regards,
Andres
Citeren Mark Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, henckens wrote:
Well, one possibility is if you built the software in 64-bit mode. If
you did, try rebuilding it in 32-bit mode. The IMAP software is
currently untested in 64-bit mode, and I've heard reports of some
issues when it is built in 64-bit mode.
ouch, I have to install the 32-bit libraries first then, I was
hoping that I never needed them.
Definitely try a build in 32-bit mode. There is nothing in UW IMAP
that would benefit from a 64-bit build; all IMAP protocol values are
32-bit.
More is not necessarily better in this case; you'll just get a bigger
(and generally slower) binary.
UW IMAP was designed not to be dependent upon processor word size; it
builds and runs fine on 16-bit and 36-bit(!) processors as well as
32-bit. However, the C language made extensions for 64-bit (e.g., the
"long long" type) that it doesn't know about. Also, some casts between
64 and 32 involving pointers don't work as expected. The upshot is
that in the 64-bit world, applications actually need to know the word
size.
Large file (>2GB) support is independent of 64-bit mode; 64-bit mode is
neither sufficient nor necessary for large files. Any 64-bit
development will be for large files first (although I hear some
beleaguered sysadmins screaming "NO!!!"...).
But here is also some LMTP involved to amavisd-new and back.
That shouldn't affect things normally.
-- Mark --
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
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