Dovecot version: 2.2.15 Tinycdb: 0.78 I'm attempting to compile dovecot --with-cdb, but keep getting into a problem with cdb: ======================== libtool: link: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wl,--as-needed -o .libs/anvil main.o anvil-connection.o anvil-settings.o connect-limit.o penalty.o -Wl,--export-dynamic ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -ldl -lrt -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib/dovecot ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so: undefined reference to `cdb_read' ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so: undefined reference to `cdb_find' ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so: undefined reference to `cdb_free' ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so: undefined reference to `cdb_init' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [anvil] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jf/dovecot-2.2.15/src/anvil' ========================== After some troubleshooting, I've finally managed to get dovecot to compile, albeit with a hack: --- src/lib-dovecot/Makefile.old 2015-03-09 17:36:15.690179802 +0000 +++ src/lib-dovecot/Makefile 2015-03-09 18:01:43.075719700 +0000 @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ LIBDOVECOT_STORAGE_DEPS = $(top_builddir)/src/lib-storage/ libdovecot-storage.la $(top_builddir)/src/lib-imap-storage/ libimap-storage.la LIBICONV = LIBOBJS = -LIBS = -lrt +LIBS = -lrt -lcdb LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool LIBWRAP_LIBS = LINKED_STORAGE_LDADD = This isn't the best fix, admittedly (I wish I were more familiar with autotools), but I'll say that the configure process isn't right yet for cdb. Can anybody produce a better fix? Would love to learn more. thanks, -jf -- He who settles on the idea of the intelligent man as a static entity only shows himself to be a fool. Mensan / Full-Stack Technical Polymath / System Administrator 12 years over the entire web stack: Performance, Sysadmin, Ruby and Frontend