On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM Joel Mawhorter via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:05:20 +0100 Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:
Am 28.01.2026 um 12:58 schrieb Joel Mawhorter via dovecot:
./autogen.sh ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode make on BSD you must use gmake if you want to use GNU make and not BSD make.
Thanks. That was my problem. It now seems to work with the latest from Github on OpenBSD 7.8. Thanks to everyone for your help.
One more quick question. I'm planning to try to install 2.4 in parallel with 2.3 on OpenBSD until I can get everything moved over and wonder if there is any easy way with the current Makefiles to install under somewhere else other than /usr/local/?
You can always run ./configure --prefix=/SOME/OTHER/PATH, e.g. --prefix=/opt/ Why don't you run the other one in a VM?
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On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 3:44AM Joel Mawhorter via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:05:20 +0100
Matthias Fechner <[2]idefix@fechner.net> wrote:
> Am 28.01.2026 um 12:58 schrieb Joel Mawhorter via dovecot:
> > ./autogen.sh
> > ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode
> > make
> on BSD you must use gmake if you want to use GNU make and not BSD
make.
Thanks. That was my problem. It now seems to work with the latest from
Github on OpenBSD 7.8. Thanks to everyone for your help.
One more quick question. I'm planning to try to install 2.4 in parallel
with 2.3 on OpenBSD until I can get everything moved over and wonder if
there is any easy way with the current Makefiles to install under
somewhere else other than /usr/local/?You can always run ./configure --prefix=/SOME/OTHER/PATH, e.g. --prefix=/opt/ Why don't you run the other one in a VM?
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: [3]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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