Chapter 2. Build and Install sendmail

In this chapter we show you how to obtain the latest version of sendmail in source form, then how to build and install it yourself. Although this process can be simple, many decisions that can complicate it must be made ahead of time.

Chapter 1. Some Basics

Part I: Build and Install

Chapter 2. Build and Install sendmail

2.1 Vendor Versus Compiling

2.2 Obtain the Source

2.3 The Build Script

2.4 Building with m4

2.5 Build sendmail

2.6 Install sendmail

2.8 Build m4 Macro Reference

''APPENDDEF( )'' '''

''confBEFORE'' '''

'confBLDVARIANT'' ''''

'confBUILDBIN'' ''''

'confCCOPTS'' ''''

'confCCOPTS_SO'' ''''

'confCOPY'' ''''

''confDEPEND_TYPE'' '''

'confDEPLIBS'' ''''

'confDONT_INSTALL_CATMAN'' ''''

'confEBINDIR'' ''''

'confENVDEF and conf_prog_ENVDEF'' ''''

'confFORCE_RMAIL'' ''''

'confGBIN...'' ''''

'confHFDIR'' ''''

'confHFFILE'' ''''

'confINCDIRS'' ''''

'confINC...'' ''''

'confINSTALL'' ''''

'confINSTALL_RAWMAN'' ''''

'confLDOPTS'' ''''

'confLDOPTS_SO'' ''''

'confLIB...'' ''''

''confLIBDIRS'' '''

''confLIBS and conf_prog_LIBS'' '''

''confLIBSEARCH'' '''

'confLIBSEARCHPATH'' ''''

'confLNOPTS'' ''''

'confLINKS'' ''''

''confMAN...'' '''

''confMAPDEF'' '''

'confMBIN...'' ''''

'confMSPQOWN'' ''''

'confMSP_QUEUE_DIR'' ''''

'confMTCCOPTS'' ''''

'confMTLDOPTS'' ''''

'confNO_HELPFILE_INSTALL'' ''''

'confNO_MAN_BUILD'' ''''

'confNO_MAN_INSTALL'' ''''

'confNO_STATISTICS_INSTALL'' ''''

'confOBJADD'' ''''

'confOPTIMIZE'' ''''

'confRANLIB'' ''''

'confRANLIBOPTS'' ''''

'confREQUIRE_LIBSM'' ''''

'confSBINDIR'' ''''

'confSBINGRP'' ''''

'confSBINMODE'' ''''

'confSBINOWN'' ''''

'confSHAREDLIB...'' ''''

'confSHELL'' ''''

'confSM_OS_HEADER'' ''''

'confSMOBJADD'' ''''

'confSMSRCADD'' ''''

'confSONAME'' ''''

'conf_prog_OBJADD'' ''''

'conf_prog_SRCADD'' ''''

'confSRCDIR'' ''''

'confSTDIOTYPE'' ''''

'confSTDIR'' ''''

'confSTFILE'' ''''

'confSTRIP'' ''''

'confSTRIPOPTS'' ''''

'confUBINDIR'' ''''

'confUBINGRP'' ''''

'confUBINMODE'' ''''

''confUBINOWN'' '''

''PREPENDDEF( )'' '''

Chapter 3. Tune sendmail with Compile-Time Macros

Chapter 4. Configure sendmail.cf with m4

Chapter 5. Build and Use Companion Programs

Part II: Administration

Part III: The Configuration File