[SA-exim] feature request? change default sa-exim.conf location

[Tony Earnshaw]

Marc MERLIN wrote:

> That's where it is, at least on systems that put exim ocnfig files in /etc/exim4
> (Debian) :)
> It's a compilation option, so you can change it.

I haven't divulged this to this list yet, but I compiled Exim 4.22 and 
SA-Exim 3.1. Did it on highly modified RH Linux 7.2. Everything works 
beautifully.

To do so, I had to follow (more or less exactly and to the letter, 
before even starting,) Marc's SA-Exim README and INSTALL. I really also 
had to have a wealth of experience in compiling and installing 
Exim/eximon at all. I found that I had to patch Exim 4.22 src with 
Marc's dlopen patch, 'diff -u', check and patch my previous Exim 
Local/Makefile with my new EDITME, check the new Exim Makefile, edit the 
SA-Exim Makefile and change the default locations, change file names and 
more. I also had to 'diff -u', check and patch my old spamassassin.conf 
with my new sa-exim.conf.patch.

The thing is, Unix should not expect things to happen "automagically". 
GNU spoils people with autoconfig, libtools etc. Unix expects that Unix 
people should know what they are doing. Hard but true. There are always 
courses: LPI for Debian people, Red Hat for Red Hat people, Sun for 
Solaris people, (SCO used to have courses for SCO people but SCO blew 
it,) etc.

Marc is already doing his essing best. If one does what he 
writes/recommends, everything ought to work.

Ha det,
--Tonni

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Tony Earnshaw

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