Static build problems

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 09/10/2022 21:35 EEST Jacob Welsh <dovecot-ml at welshcomputing.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2022, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> 
> >> I noticed commit d21897832a443d139d56b1fb1c86d8f76e5f77f3 from 2009,
> >> "Fixed compiling without module support", and clearly it's supposed to
> >> work since the #ifdefs are there, but I begin to suspect that nobody's
> >> actually tested this branch of the configuration tree recently.
> >>
> >> Further, looking through the automakefiles I'm not finding how the plugin
> >> libraries are supposed to work at all in this case and I begin to fear
> >> that they simply... aren't.
> 
> > We don't test all static builds, since we don't use or ship Dovecot in that manner. So, it is very likely it will not work.
> 
> Alright, then is there any desire to fix it?
> 
> Jacob

If you or someone else in community comes up with a fix we can consider merging it at some point.

Aki