On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM rmfuhrer--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
I've gotten no replies as yet, but I diagnosed a bit further.
One of the symbols that the link step complained about: binary_to_hex_append, referenced in src/lib-var-expand-crypt/var-expand-crypt.c, declared in the header file src/lib/hex-binary.h.
$ cd src/lib $ nm .libs/liblib.a ... hex-binary.o: 0000000000000000 T _binary_to_hex 0000000000000308 T _binary_to_hex_append $
IOW, that function has been successfully compiled and appears in both hex-binary.o and the object archive "src/lib/.libs/liblib.a".
Meanwhile, here's the actual compile command for lib-var-expand-crypt:
$ cd src/lib-var-expand-crypt $ make -n echo " CCLD " var_expand_crypt.la;/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -std=gnu11 -I/opt/homebrew/include -fstack-protector-strong -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wno-duplicate-decl-specifier -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -export-dynamic -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -L/opt/homebrew/lib -o var_expand_crypt.la -rpath /opt/homebrew/lib/dovecot var-expand-crypt.lo ... $
Nothing in that link step seems to reference "liblib.a" (or "liblib.la", or anything like that).
Why doesn't this link step seem to reference the right library?
Does 2.4.1 build for anyone on MacOS??
It's been a *long* while since I dealt with building source with the GNU toolchain (libtool and friends), so I'm a bit rusty here.
Help, please?
Hello there,
Sometime around March this year, someone mentioned on this list that they installed Dovecot 2.4 using Homebrew. I am not an expert with MacOS, but I would like to know if you could go that route instead of a manual compile.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 5:57AM rmfuhrer--- via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
I've gotten no replies as yet, but I diagnosed a bit further.
One of the symbols that the link step complained about:
binary_to_hex_append, referenced in
src/lib-var-expand-crypt/var-expand-crypt.c, declared in the header file
src/lib/hex-binary.h.
$ cd src/lib
$ nm .libs/liblib.a
...
hex-binary.o:
0000000000000000 T _binary_to_hex
0000000000000308 T _binary_to_hex_append
$
IOW, that function has been successfully compiled and appears in both
hex-binary.o and the object archive "src/lib/.libs/liblib.a".
Meanwhile, here's the actual compile command for lib-var-expand-crypt:
$ cd src/lib-var-expand-crypt
$ make -n
echo " CCLD " [2]var_expand_crypt.la;/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent
--tag=CC --mode=link gcc
-std=gnu11 -I/opt/homebrew/include -fstack-protector-strong
-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
-Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith
-Wchar-subscripts
-Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wno-duplicate-decl-specifier
-Wstrict-aliasing=2
-export-dynamic -avoid-version -module -no-undefined
-L/opt/homebrew/lib -o [3]var_expand_crypt.la
-rpath /opt/homebrew/lib/dovecot var-expand-crypt.lo
...
$
Nothing in that link step seems to reference "liblib.a" (or
"[4]liblib.la", or anything like that).
Why doesn't this link step seem to reference the right library?
Does 2.4.1 build for anyone on MacOS??
It's been a *long* while since I dealt with building source with the GNU
toolchain (libtool and friends), so I'm a bit rusty here.
Help, please?Hello there, Sometime around March this year, someone mentioned on this list that they installed Dovecot 2.4 using Homebrew. I am not an expert with MacOS, but I would like to know if you could go that route instead of a manual compile.
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [5]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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