mikkel@euro123.dk mikkel@euro123.dk wrote on 31 Dec 2007 14:44:
There are many good reasons for not using the port.
Dovecot is constantly releasing new betas that should be tested and it might not be feasible to wait for them to go into ports.
Yes, that's true. But I had never problems to test new versions with a modified port. I copied the port files to a new directory and changed the Makefile, e.g.:
WRKDIR= ${.CURDIR}/work DISTDIR= ${.CURDIR} PACKAGES= /var/ports/packages
PORTNAME= dovecot DISTVERSION= 1.1.beta8 CATEGORIES= mail ipv6 MASTER_SITES= http://www.dovecot.org/releases/1.1/beta/
You can test snapshots with:
#DISTVERSION= 20071023 #MASTER_SITES= http://www.dovecot.org/nightly/ #WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/dovecot-20070522 #CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-storages=mbox,maildir
This works on FreeBSD-7 in a jail.
Regards, Frank
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