From: Simon Mudd (sjmuddpobox.com)
Date: Fri Apr 01 2005 - 00:12:09 CST

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michaelelectricmonk.us (Michael Irons) writes:

> On Thursday 31 March 2005 8:22 am, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote:
>
> > Simon J Mudd provides RPMs that integrate seamless into RH or FC.
> >
> > See: <http://www.postfix.org/packages.html>
> >
> > prick
>
> Yeah, i know it works with rpms. I am building from source. I have been a
> linux user for a while, but I am trying to better/teach myself by getting
> more down and dirty. Plus building from source makes it easier to customize
> (for me). I would have chosen a different distribution, or at least one that
> was more barebones, but fedora and RHAS were the only options for my VPS
> provider. I am not knocking red hat/fedora, it works great for my home
> desktop, it just has caused dependency hell when customizing for me.
>
> thanks,
> Mike

Why not look at the spec file and see how the rpm tells alternatives
which paths to use for your source install. Then build Postfix from
source using these paths and alternatives will ensure that your
postfix is used independently of whether a sendmail or postfix rpm is
also on your system.

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