In preparation of Cyrus IMAP 2.5: autoconf and automake

Patrick Boutilier boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Sat Apr 28 14:45:55 EDT 2012


On 04/28/2012 01:15 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> With many thanks to Дилян Палаузов <dilyan.palauzov at aegee.org>, we would
> like to let you know about one particular feature now definitely
> included for a pending Cyrus IMAP 2.5 release.
>
> As a feature for the upcoming 2.5 release of Cyrus IMAP, though the
> exact schedule is yet unknown, we have merged into master the grand
> overhaul to using autoconf / automake.
>
> This marks a first significant milestone closing in on actually
> producing a 2.5 series release, but, and this is very important:
>
> NOT without your help.
>
> We would like those of you that have a need to or experience with
> building Cyrus IMAP from source to let us know whether the autoconf and
> automake (or, as I like to call it, "autofu") Works For You(TM).
>
> To this end, we encourage you to clone the GIT repository master branch
> and attempt a build, or, alternatively, download the following snapshot
> release:
>
> http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/snapshot/cyrus-imapd-2.5-snapshot-autoconf-and-automake.tar.gz
>
> The canonical build process we think applies, generally speaking, is:
>
> $ autoreconf -v
>
> $ ./configure [your-options]
>
> $ make
>
> This process currently requires autoconf >= 2.67.
>
> We would appreciate you let us know whether or not such process works
> for you, preferrably though Bugzilla (please use product 'Cyrus IMAP'
> and component 'Distribution').
>
> Thank you, in advance,
>
> On behalf of the Cyrus team,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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Just a quick note to mention that autoconf in both CentOS 5.x and CentOS 
6.x is too old.


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