Looks like my previous message may still be waiting on moderator approval. After manually hacking at src/auth/Makefile, I had claude take a look:
Here's the summary of the problem and the fix:
Root cause: In 2.4.4, am__append_8 was changed to include both $(LIBDOVECOT_LUA) (a .la file dep) and $(LUA_LIBS) (raw linker flags: -L/usr/local/lib -llua-5.4 -lm). This append goes into auth_libs, which is used verbatim in auth_DEPENDENCIES. GNU make treats everything in a target's prerequisite list as files to build — it handles -l<name> specially, but -L<path> is taken literally, causing "no rule to make target '-L/usr/local/lib'".
Fix:
- Strip $(LUA_LIBS) from am__append_8 — leave only $(LIBDOVECOT_LUA) (the actual file dep)
- Add am__append_10 = $(LUA_LIBS), scoped to plugin mode only (AUTH_LUA_PLUGIN_TRUE && HAVE_LUA_TRUE) — in non-plugin mode, $(LUA_LIBS) is already covered by AUTH_LUA_LDADD
- Append $(am__append_10) to the five LDADD variables that need it
To apply: patch src/auth/Makefile.in /path/to/patch-src-auth-Makefile.in
—Jeff
On May 18, 2026, at 19:46, Jeff Aitken via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
You definitely want gmake on FreeBSD. Also, I’m not sure if the post I sent made it through or not, but the patch I posted (for src/auth/Makefile.in) allowed me to compile cleanly (other than the "libtool: warning: Linking the shared library […]” warnings).
—Jeff
On May 18, 2026, at 18:59, Mel P via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On 2026-05-17 16:59, Frank Volf via dovecot wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to build dovecot-2.4.4 on FreeBSD 14.4 and I get a strange error message. [...] make[3]: don't know how to make -L/usr/local/lib. Stop make[3]: stopped making "all" in /home/volf/dovecot-2.4.4/src/auth *** Error code 1
The Dovecot ports use gmake, so you probably need to install and use the GNU bintools (gmake, m4, autoconf, etc.) to build it manually.
Also, the PR Michael Grimm posted contains a skeleton for a Dovecot 2.4 port. You might try that instead.
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Looks like my previous message may still be waiting on moderator approval. After manually hacking at src/auth/Makefile, I had claude take a look:
Here's the summary of the problem and the fix:
Root cause: In 2.4.4, am__append_8 was changed to include both
$(LIBDOVECOT_LUA) (a .la file dep) and $(LUA_LIBS) (raw linker flags:
-L/usr/local/lib -llua-5.4 -lm). This append goes into auth_libs, which
is used verbatim in auth_DEPENDENCIES. GNU make treats everything in a
target's prerequisite list as files to build -- it handles -l<name>
specially, but -L<path> is taken literally, causing "no rule to make
target '-L/usr/local/lib'".
Fix:
1. Strip $(LUA_LIBS) from am__append_8 -- leave only $(LIBDOVECOT_LUA)
(the actual file dep)
2. Add am__append_10 = $(LUA_LIBS), scoped to plugin mode only
(AUTH_LUA_PLUGIN_TRUE && HAVE_LUA_TRUE) -- in non-plugin mode,
$(LUA_LIBS) is already covered by AUTH_LUA_LDADD
3. Append $(am__append_10) to the five LDADD variables that need it
To apply: patch src/auth/Makefile.in
/path/to/patch-src-auth-Makefile.in--Jeff
On May 18, 2026, at 19:46, Jeff Aitken via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org>
wrote:
You definitely want gmake on FreeBSD. Also, I'm not sure if the post I
sent made it through or not, but the patch I posted (for
src/auth/Makefile.in) allowed me to compile cleanly (other than the
"libtool: warning: Linking the shared library [...]" warnings).
--Jeff
On May 18, 2026, at 18:59, Mel P via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org>
wrote:
On 2026-05-17 16:59, Frank Volf via dovecot wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to build dovecot-2.4.4 on FreeBSD 14.4 and I get a
strange
error message.
[...]
make[3]: don't know how to make -L/usr/local/lib. Stop
make[3]: stopped making "all" in
/home/volf/dovecot-2.4.4/src/auth
*** Error code 1
The Dovecot ports use gmake, so you probably need to install and use
the GNU bintools (gmake, m4, autoconf, etc.) to build it manually.
Also, the PR Michael Grimm posted contains a skeleton for a Dovecot
2.4 port. You might try that instead.
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