Re: exim vs. exim-tiny (was: RFC: OpenLDAP and TLS/SSL)

[Hilko Bengen]

David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> As the main person in #exim on OPN, I've seen several people ask
> about exim with mysql or postgres support. There is a bug about
> having mysql support in exim in debian. (Wouldn't it be nice to have
> voting in debbugs?). I realise that exim does not have the sanest of
> build systems, but is there any chance of getting two exim packages
> built? 

Yes, there is. It requires quite a few modifications to debian/rules. 
I have done this before for building our internal Exim packages with
embedded Perl support. I just keep multpile EDITME files in the
debian/ directory and have debian/rules copy them as needed.

I have contacted Mark Baker about this before, but he seems not to
have had the time to look at my patches.

-Hilko

exim vs. exim-tiny (was: RFC: OpenLDAP and TLS/SSL)

[David Pashley]

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On Wednesday 21 August 2002 2:57 pm, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Torsten Landschoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Today I was convinced by Stephen Frost that I can just enable SSL support
> > in the OpenLDAP packages I maintain. No problem so far, but:
> >
> > - libldap2 is Priority: important
> > - this change will make it depend on libssl0.9.6
> > - libssl0.9.6 is Priority: standard
>
> [...]
>
> > Any suggestions welcome
>
> Hey all,
>
>   I already explained my feelings about this to Torsten but since we're
>   moving it to -devel I'll lay out my thoughts here too.
>
>   First off, crypto is important to us and I think we tend to feel that
>   it is important for our users as well.  Thus, I see libssl0.9.6 being
>   made Priority: Important as a good option.
>
>   If there are too many other issues with making libssl0.9.6 important
>   (though it only Depends: on libc and isn't very big?) then I would
>   think that we are very concerned about the size and would therefore
>   recommend that ldap support be removed from exim or exim be split into
>   exim-tiny for Important and exim-big with everything enabled.  Of
>   course, exim support being modified to be modular would be an
>   excellent option but would require a decent amount of work I think.
>
>   Not having any exim with support for mysql in Debian has been a
>   problem in the past for Debian users that I know.
>
As the main person in #exim on OPN, I've seen several people ask about exim 
with mysql or postgres support. There is a bug about having mysql support in 
exim in debian. (Wouldn't it be nice to have voting in debbugs?). I realise 
that exim does not have the sanest of build systems, but is there any chance 
of getting two exim packages built? Maybe the ability to choose a different 
patch to enable mysql et al support via a envvar. That way I can instruct 
people to rebuild exim.


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David Pashley
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