exim won't install under MacPorts 1.8.0

[ndw@…]

Attempting to install exim under a clean MacPorts 1.8.0 install on Snow Leopard with the latest XCode fails:

$ sudo port install exim
--->  Computing dependencies for exim
--->  Fetching exim
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for exim
--->  Extracting exim
--->  Configuring exim
--->  Building exim
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_mail_exim/work/exim-4.66" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
Command output: /bin/sh: line 0: cd: build-Darwin-i386: No such file or directory
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_mail_exim/work/exim-4.66'

>>> Creating links to source files...
mkdir: build-Darwin-i386: File exists
*** It appears that ../scripts/MakeLinks was previously interrupted.
*** You need to remove the build directory, and then run 'make' again.
make[1]: *** [build-directory] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_mail_exim/work/exim-4.66'
make: *** [go] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[dkeverne@…]

Cc Me!

[dkeverne@…]

After various attempts to continue the build, since the directory does get created, probably a timing or ordering issue when building the primary makefile with -j2, it finally bails on tls-openssl.c and unable to find the function SSL_CTX_set_info_callback

DK

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Does r57703 fix this?

[dkeverne@…]

Hi

That helps get past the initial directory creation issue, but then we get this:

cc tls.c In file included from tls.c:86: tls-openssl.c: In function 'tls_init': tls-openssl.c:346: error: wrong type argument to unary exclamation mark make[1]: * [tls.o] Error 1 make: * [go] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Which appears to be a missing definition of SSL_CTX_set_info_callback

[dkeverne@…]

Looks like this is already a known issue:

​http://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20070303.223326.eb802bed.en.html

The function returns void, so can't be tested. Can that patch be included in the port?

After progressing past that, we now get undefined symbols which appear to be bind9 issues:

cc -o exim
Undefined symbols:
  "_res_9_search", referenced from:
      _dns_basic_lookup in dns.o
      _dns_basic_lookup in dns.o
  "_res_9_init", referenced from:
      _dns_init in dns.o
  "_res_9_dn_expand", referenced from:
      _acl_verify in acl.o
      _dns_next_rr in dns.o
      _dns_next_rr in dns.o
      _dns_next_rr in dns.o
      _dns_lookup in dns.o
      _host_find_bydns in host.o
      _host_name_lookup in host.o
ld: symbol(s) not found

I ended up adding "LIBRESOLV=-lresolv" to the OS/Makefile-Darwin file to tell the linker to include libresolv and we seem to have got somewhere.

I think I have it built and installed, I'll try setting it up fully and let you know how it goes.

Cheers

[ndw@…]

I don't know anything about making ports, but built from sources w/the above patches, it seems to work fine. Only with openssl-tls, though. Tried gnu_tls first, but couldn't get it to work.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Applied these fixes in r57752. Does it work for you now?

[dkeverne@…]

Seems to compile cleanly now. Cheers