if you run configure --help, you will see this (and more):
Installation directories: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local] --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX]
By default,
make install' will install all the files in/usr/local/bin',/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than/usr/local' using--prefix', for instance--prefix=$HOME'.For better control, use the options below.
Fine tuning of the installation directories: --bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin] --sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin] --libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec] --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share] --sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc] --sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com] --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var] --libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib] --includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include] --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include] --infodir=DIR info documentation [PREFIX/info] --mandir=DIR man documentation [PREFIX/man] I see now I missed something so I will redefine my request. If I invoke configure with: --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot-bld/<timestamp> --eprefix=/usr/local/dovecot-bld/<timestamp> where /usr/local/dovecot-bld/<timestamp> is a directory Q1: Will I have everything in that one directory so that by tar'ing and untar'ing that one directory I can tar up everything necessary to run dovecot on another machine with the same OSlevel/patches/OpenSSL. Will dovecot be able to reference everything it needs? I notice that
--oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
will not be there. Will that be a problem? Q2: Will dovecot not be able to find system resources it needs?
Tar'ing up a directory is doable. RPM'ing hundreds of files scattered here and there, perhaps referenced by others, perhaps with new additions/deletions you don't know about sounds like an heroic task. Does anybody see how simple it is to upgrade UWImap with its one binary?
Lior Okman wrote:
Looking at the debianized version, the bulk of the files are placed in € or under /usr/lib/dovecot, with all of the configuration files in € /etc/dovecot, and relevant binaries under /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. €
€ However, reading from the comment in the begining of the default € dovecot.conf file, you can probably compile your own version of € dovecot where you specify the following parameters to configure: € "--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var € --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl". € Just make sure to replace all the paths with where you want to install € this version of dovecot. €
€ Lior €
€ On 3/7/06, Stewart Dean sdean@bard.edu wrote: €
Hmmm, hadn't thought of RPM. But I would like a direct answer to my
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question, which was: Can I just tar up everything in a dovecot-only
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prefix directory (defined in the invocation of configure) when the make
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and make install is done, and then untar/extract it in a directory of
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the same name over on another machine with the same OS, patches and
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OpenSSL? Are there Dovecot dependencies outside prefix directory.
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My OS is AIXV5.3 maintenance/tech level 4. There is no distro RPMs for
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same, so I am building it myself.
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Lior wrote:
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The problem you are describing is solved with tools like RPM and DEB.
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You can install/remove an entire package with a single command, you
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can verify the installation with a single command, you can safetly
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upgrade with a single command, and safetly revert to an older version
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with a single command.
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These tools allow you to find out exactly which file belongs to what
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package, and they prevent conflicting files from two different
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packages from being installed. Not to mention (almost) automatic (at
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least on debian) dependency resolving for packages.
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If you're using Debian, you can just "apt-get install dovecot-imap
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dovecot-pop", and have the dpkg handle all of the issues you
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mentioned. If you're using an RPM based distro- try yum or apt-rpm.
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Lior
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Timothy White wrote:
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If you're using Debian, you can just "apt-get install dovecot-imap
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dovecot-pop", and have the dpkg handle all of the issues you
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mentioned. If you're using an RPM based distro- try yum or apt-rpm.
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And there is nothing stopping you making a deb package, from a newer
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version of dovecot, that Debian has, AND, duplicating the server, so
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you can do a test upgrade... Of course, with any upgrade, someone will
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notice something ;-)
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Tim
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